English
Image:Esmond2.jpg|thumb|A grain elevator.
Noun
grain elevator
- A large structure for the storage of grain.
#*1922, Joseph Bernard Kenkel, The Cooperative Elevator Movement: A Study in Grain Marketing at Country Points in the North Central States, Catholic University of America, pg. 97
#*:By analyzing the costs of operating a country grain elevator these advantages, if any exist, should appear.
#*1980, United States Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Health and Safety, A staff report on the oversight of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration with respect to grain elevator fires and explosions, U.S. Govt. Print. Off. pg 3
#*:Interest in the safety and health of workers in grain elevators has increased substantially since the series of recent grain elevator explosions and fires.
#*1996, Lisa Mahar-Keplinger, Grain Elevators, Princeton Architectural Press, ISBN 1878271350, pg. 9
#*:As the grain elevator and other industrial structures became more common on the plains, they redefind the traditional pastoral image of the American landscape.
See also
silo
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