Grain elevator
device · 1842 · Industrial Revolution
A granary with a bucket lift (Dart).
What it is made of
- Bucket elevator — has part. A bucket lift.
- Watt steam engine — has part. Dart’s first elevator was steam-driven.
Principles and materials it uses
- Wood — is made of. The first grain elevators were wooden.
- Grain — uses. It stores and transfers grain.
Things built in a similar way
- Silo — works like. A grain elevator and a silo are tall stores filled from the top.