the price of progress....
This old grain elevator near Lee Center,IL.,has been closed for a long time. These elevators started fading as modern farming progressed. They could not handle new,larger farm equipment and the cost to remodel to do so was cost prohibitive. Also the decline of railroads made the transport of grain easier, trucks could haul the grain from anywhere on a much more flexible schedule...
the price of progress....
This old grain elevator near Lee Center,IL.,has been closed for a long time. These elevators started fading as modern farming progressed. They could not handle new,larger farm equipment and the cost to remodel to do so was cost prohibitive. Also the decline of railroads made the transport of grain easier, trucks could haul the grain from anywhere on a much more flexible schedule...