Work starts on new Almota grain bin
Workers from Central Pre-Mix pour the concrete foundation for a new 160,000-bushel grain bin for Almota Elevator Co. at their port site on the Snake River. The steel structure will be ready for storage next spring. It will replace the company’s wood crib elevator. The crib was built for $25,000 in 1941. Almota last winter built a 250,000-bushel steel bin at the site where a concrete elevator blew out in 2000. Both of the new elevators have robotic arms to sweep the bin floors. Assistant manager Dan Hart said the arms eliminate the need for employees to climb inside the elevators, reducing the risk of injury.
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