At 2,717 feet in
length (1/2 mile), the DeBruce Grain Elevator in Haysville, Kansas is the
largest grain elevator in the world.
The cement structure is composed of 246 individual 30-foot
by 120-foot tall connected concrete tanks in three parallel rows, all under a
single headworks. The structure has a capacity of over 20 million bushels of
wheat, enough to supply all the bread consumed in America in a six-week
period.
In 1998, an explosion at the facility killed seven
people, and heavily damaged the structure. The facility is owned by DeBruce
Grain, Inc., which was fined $685,000 for the explosion.
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DeBruce Grain Elevator in Haysville, KS is over one-half mile long
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