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grain elevator/ Enid Terminal Elevator
The Enid Terminal Elevator is the oldest grain storage facility in Enid, Oklahoma. It was designed by a Missouri architect and built using concrete in 1925-1926. It is 594 feet long, 60 feet wide and 190 feet tall to the roof. It stores 2 million bushels, or 70 million liters of grain.
It was originally built as Texas based Goodpasture Inc's grain elevator as seen on the top of the center tower. According to a news article published in 1994, the company was planning to close the elevator due to the economic decline in the grain business.
It is one of the eight grain elevators in the city that consists of Enid Terminal Grain Elevator Historic District. The city has the largest grain storage in the state and the nation. By 1970, the city claimed the title of Wheat Capital of the United States of America. It hit its peak with a total grain storage capacity of 80 million bushels, or 2.81 billion liters in 1987. Due to the economic decline, drought, and change of grain transportation method, some of the elevators in the city have shut down. Today, Enid continues to have the largest grain storage capacity in the US and the third largest in the world.
grain elevator/ Enid Terminal Elevator
The Enid Terminal Elevator is the oldest grain storage facility in Enid, Oklahoma. It was designed by a Missouri architect and built using concrete in 1925-1926. It is 594 feet long, 60 feet wide and 190 feet tall to the roof. It stores 2 million bushels, or 70 million liters of grain.
It was originally built as Texas based Goodpasture Inc's grain elevator as seen on the top of the center tower. According to a news article published in 1994, the company was planning to close the elevator due to the economic decline in the grain business.
It is one of the eight grain elevators in the city that consists of Enid Terminal Grain Elevator Historic District. The city has the largest grain storage in the state and the nation. By 1970, the city claimed the title of Wheat Capital of the United States of America. It hit its peak with a total grain storage capacity of 80 million bushels, or 2.81 billion liters in 1987. Due to the economic decline, drought, and change of grain transportation method, some of the elevators in the city have shut down. Today, Enid continues to have the largest grain storage capacity in the US and the third largest in the world.