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HABS ILL,74-WHEA.V,1- (sheet 9 of 9) - Caldwell Elevator, State Road 10, White Heath, Piatt County, IL
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Garner, David
Hayes, Richard
Smith, Cory
Garner, John S, faculty sponsor
University of Illinois, School of Architecture, sponsor
Title
HABS ILL,74-WHEA.V,1- (sheet 9 of 9) - Caldwell Elevator, State Road 10, White Heath, Piatt County, IL
Depicted place Illinois; Piatt County; White Heath
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS ILL,74-WHEA.V,1- (sheet 9 of 9)
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Notes
  • 1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention
  • Significance: Although presently owned by the Monticello Grain Company, use of the elevator was discontinued in 1975, and in 1983 the Illinois Central Railroad abandoned service to the site and removed its tracks. Though the future of the elevator is uncertain, it represents a type of building so important to the history of this grain producing region. Once commonplace, country elevators are rapidly disappearing from the American landscape. Constructed in 1917, the elevator originally served a private farm, one of the largest in Piatt County. The contractor was the Union Iron Works of Decatur, Illinois, which specialized in the manufacture of elevator machinery. The grain bins are constructed of 2x6 inch lumber laid flat, a method known as crib construction. The building was sheathed with corrugated sheet metal from the outset to reduce maintenance and to protect against fire from sparks from steam locomotives. The foundation and basement are poured-in-place concrete. A single cylinder gasoline engine once operated the leg of the elevator, though was later replaced by an electric motor...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-160
  • Survey number: HABS IL-1134
  • Building/structure dates: 1917 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1975 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0477.sheet.00009a
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Object location40° 05′ 10″ N, 88° 30′ 46.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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