338 STEEL GRAIN ELEVATORS. CHAP. IX. 



Elevator cost gj cts. per bushel storage capacity for the steel bins.and 54 cts. per bushel storage 

 capacity for the working house. A steel country elevator having four steel tanks, 17 \ ft. diam- 

 eter and 30 ft. high, with an interspace bin and a conveyor shed, and having a storage capacity 

 of 30,000 bushels, weighed 3 Ib. per bushel of storage capacity. The shop cost and cost of erec- 

 tion of the structural steel was $15.00, and $19.00 per ton, respectively. 



References. For the design of reinforced concrete grain bins and elevators, and for additional 

 data and examples, see the author's "The Design of Walls, Bins and Grain Elevators." 



