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| A bench surrounded by stylized elevators. |
When I was photographing one of the statues, I noticed this bench. It's in front of the local museum. since this area is agricultural area we have a lot of grain produced. At one time every little town had several grain elevators to handle the grain the farmers produced. Grain elevators were very tall structures so the the grain could be lifted to the top and then channeled into bins or box cars. Today all the grain elevators are gone except for a few that have been kept for historical purposes.
This would be a good project for Far Side at Far Side of Fifty.
This bench is surrounded by five stylized grain elevators. It's a nice place to sit and think about how things were done.
Very cool. I love how your town puts so me much thought into creating their spaces.
ReplyDeleteIt's something I didn't really know about until I looked around.
DeleteHow pretty..and someone put some thought into that area too! We still have lots of Grain elevators here in the States..I think many are still used.
ReplyDeleteI always look for the names of the towns near the top.
The train only went through one town in the county where the museum is..and the grain elevator is still standing. I will take a photo some day...it is no longer in use, the old train bed is a trail now for bikes and hikers:)
Here the elevators were taxed at a high rate so they knocked them down so they didn't have to pay taxes. Our little village got about $8000 in taxes.
DeleteThis town of yours really does have civic pride and well executed art.
ReplyDeleteYou have to look for it and then look at it. I was surprised that there was so much.
DeleteYou have a very good, civic minded town. You should be proud.
ReplyDeleteI think I would sit there and think - soul searching I believe it is called.
There are many towns in rural Australia which have something similar.
I wonder sometimes now, if the work of planning all this is appreciated. I think the older people do.
This seems as shown to be rather "nouveau style", I think the older versions are more appropriate, don't you?
I hadn't realized that there was so much art here. I'm cool with these elevators and I'm one who's been through the old ones.
DeleteThat is a very original bench and with your explanation I understand the strange figures around.
ReplyDeleteI think people can sit there and have something to think about.
DeleteI am also impressed by the creativity in your town, Red. Thanks for sharing this interesting bench (and elevators) with me. :-)
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the art but i really wish they'd leave more native habitat when they develop land.
Deletei'm glad you explained what these represent. i like old grain elevators, too.
ReplyDeleteOurs have almost disappeared. At one time the elevators were the first thing you saw about a town.
DeleteI am dumb. I did not know they were phazing out grain elevators. I will have to look that up. I am getting so old.
ReplyDeleteI think here the elevators were destroyed to avoid the taxes they had to pay on an empty building. We have large terminals where the grain is handled. Farmers have much farther to go to deliver grain. They also have huge semis with two trailers.
DeleteWhat a fun piece of usable art.
ReplyDeleteI certainly like this bench.
DeleteAt first a thought those were clothes pins but when I enlarged the picture I could see what they really represented. An interesting piece.
ReplyDeleteAnother great art sculpture!
ReplyDeleteWe still use our grain elevators, although, if Terry can haul the grain to the mill and not store it we think we are better off. Then when the silos get full at the elevator they are trucked or loaded onto train cars bound for California.
ReplyDeleteLinda
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I love your bench!
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