Grain elevators were once gleaming landmarks on the plains, now many are peeling and gray

Apr 23, 2018 at 05:21 PM CST
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state/grain-elevators-were-once-gleaming-landmarks-on-the-plains-now/article_6ed6425b-6e10-5ee3-8c56-98a9e7e85de5.html MIAMI — Go drive to Miami, Oklahoma, and gaze upon an anomaly rarely seen on the Great Plains — a newly painted grain elevator. Or almost newly painted. “We painted it just a few years ago,” says Gary Beachner, CEO of Beachner Grain located in Parsons, Kansas. “It was very expensive, but the facility was turning gray and not looking good.”

Apr 23, 2018 at 05:21 PM CST

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state/grain-elevators-were-once-gleaming-landmarks-on-the-plains-now/article_6ed6425b-6e10-5ee3-8c56-98a9e7e85de5.html

MIAMI — Go drive to Miami, Oklahoma, and gaze upon an anomaly rarely seen on the Great Plains — a newly painted grain elevator. Or almost newly painted.

“We painted it just a few years ago,” says Gary Beachner, CEO of Beachner Grain located in Parsons, Kansas. “It was very expensive, but the facility was turning gray and not looking good.”