The Take Down of a Silo

Many years ago My Sister and her family operated a large Dairy Operation near Luana, Iowa.  In recent years she has turned her farm operation into a Grain Operation.  The primary crop grown is corn.  Therefore there was no longer a need for the storage of silage to feed to the cows.  On August 28, 2012 she had a firm take down the Silo which stood about 100 feet in the air.  The silo was a landmark, but it was no longer needed.  My Sister reported that the take down crew commenced work at 9:00 A.M. on August 28, 2012.  The silo was down on the ground one hour later.  Of course the clean up and removal of the steel hoops and concrete took a bit longer.  Here is a series of pictures that she forwarded to me.

A difficult task completed in an hour.