Tillotson gets 50,000-bushel Paullina elevator under way

by baggyparagraphs

Paullina elevator complex, Dec. 9, 2009, by Jim Hamann

PAULLINA (IOWA)–A new concrete elevator is under construction to replace the Paullina Grain Co. elevator destroyed by fire. The new one will be 103 feet high, containing 18 bins. All new machinery, including a 50-ton scale, will be installed. Capacity will be 50,000 bushels.

Farmers’ Elevator Guide, June 1949

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One comment on “Tillotson gets 50,000-bushel Paullina elevator under way”

  1. Will the 1949 Tillotson elevator in Paullina, Iowa, please stand up? « Our Grandfathers' Grain Elevators says:
    January 21, 2016 at 6:26 am

    […] had changed its construction method to slip-formed concrete. On review, indeed, we found that the newspaper account said the Tillotson elevator was to be […]

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