Grain elevator

This is a grain elevator. Grain elevators are, we've been told, also known as prairie icons, prairie cathedrals or prairie sentinels

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27th November 2016

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Grain elevator?

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Possible
It might be a grain elevator. I just thought it was a cool looking building. Thanks for looking at our blog. /Ake

I live on the Canadian prairies. We have lots of grain elevators that are bigger & taller. The old wooden ones, often referred to as prairie icons, prairie cathedrals or prairie sentinels, have almost all been replaced by ugly cements ones waaaaaa

Sad that they disappear
Sad that the wooden grain elevators disappear. This one is wonderful and we would love to see even bigger ones. Thanks for telling us what we took a photo of and also giving me some insight. /Ake

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