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Image # A58-294; I captured the image of this old metal covered grain elevator while traveling thru the city of Walker, Kansas. Joseph Dart was the founder and inventor of the grain elevator. His invention consisted of a wooden structure that served as storage bins for the grain. Loading the grain into this structure was a steam-driven belt which had buckets attached to it. As the belt with the buckets was lowered into the grain, the buckets would scoop up the grain and hoist it up into the structure where it was dropped into tall bins. Surprisingly, Joseph Dart never claimed to be the inventor of the grain elevator; just the one who perfected it. These pieces of history are much like some of the old barns and outhouses which dot our country's landscape; left unattended and forgotten until one day these structures will cease to even exist.
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