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UER Forum > Archived Canada: Ontario > Grain Elevator (Viewed 413 times)
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Grain Elevator
< on 4/21/2009 12:28 AM >
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Hello, this is my first post. For my first exploration I chose this elevator located in a West Elgin town. I believe this elevator is still somewhat active, but safe enough to explore. There is quite a bit of damage done to the structure as a result of natural decay. As with a lot of agricultural equipment, it gets used until it finally collapses.


Above is a picture of the grain elevator in question. There are another grain elevator, a mill and a warehouse on the same property. The warehouse can be seen to the left in the background. One of the guy wires for one of the main towers have snapped and is hanging slack. At the very front of the elevator is a small office, I couldn't get into this since the hallway that used to connect it to the main elevator was demolished some time ago. All around the base of the structure somebody placed rodent boxes, used to catch small rodents like mice and rats. This is the first clue that it may still be active.


The elevator belt for the main elevator had snapped and the belt and cups fell out and spilled onto the ground. It reminded me of intestines from a slain beast. This belt is used to haul grain up to the top using the white plastic cups. without this in working order the silos cannot be filled.


I found this mouse trap set in the basement. It seems to have been set to catch flying mice since it is dangling from the ceiling.



Inside the main structure (grey metal structure as seen on the first picture, not to be confused with the large warehouse to the left) I found 3 floors with wooden floors and stairs. The building has no windows at all and since the electricity was out, it was a little hard taking any pictures. This is the parts storage room, which still contains some tools and parts neatly stored away. This is why I think it may still be somewhat active.


I could get into everything except for the dryer unit (tall rusty metal structure in the middle of the picture) and the warehouse. The dryer would be filled with mostly just air chambers and ducts and there is really no space for anybody. As for the warehouse, it has large doors on both ends, but both are locked up pretty well. It was/is mainly used for storing bags of feed or seed.

In the future I am going to try to get into the mill located in the middle of the property (not seen in the pictures). This property once had two separate railway lines running through it. These two lines were about 50m apart. The old railbed of one of the two is used as a trail and runs right through the property giving you the perfect excuse to walk through the property.



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Re: Grain Elevator
<Reply # 1 on 4/21/2009 1:20 AM >
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A great first post!, Mr fig. 11

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Re: Grain Elevator
<Reply # 2 on 4/21/2009 1:21 AM >
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Cool Location for your jump-off. Yeah...wtf is with the trap is it dangling?

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Re: Grain Elevator
<Reply # 3 on 4/21/2009 1:31 AM >
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I'm not sure, the trap has been set off by something or someone other than me, but it was just hanging about a meter off the ground by a wire.

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Re: Grain Elevator
<Reply # 4 on 4/21/2009 1:50 AM >
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i always liked grain elevators for some odd reason. Nice Figure 11 picture of you
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Re: Grain Elevator
<Reply # 5 on 4/22/2009 5:16 PM >
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I think grain elevators look pretty neat, but they are hard to explore because they are very open and involve climbing rusty ladders to get to the top. In this case I didn't really feel like climbing to the top just to stand up there.

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Re: Grain Elevator
<Reply # 6 on 9/4/2009 1:48 AM >
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I remember back in high school we used to climb those silos and jump in! I think we called it corn jumping or something like that? Thinking back it was the stupidest thing to possibly do besides crack! Not much else to do in a town of 1000 people on a friday night when the beer runs out.

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Re: Grain Elevator
<Reply # 7 on 9/4/2009 2:20 PM >
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Posted by RCR619
I remember back in high school we used to climb those silos and jump in! I think we called it corn jumping or something like that? Thinking back it was the stupidest thing to possibly do besides crack! Not much else to do in a town of 1000 people on a friday night when the beer runs out.


We're from pretty much the same area then. Besides the few houses and barns, there isn't a lot of other structures that I've found.

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