ATLANTA, Ill. — A small town in Logan County, Illinois, will celebrate its newest tourist attraction in a big way this Memorial Day weekend.
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Photos and video: J.B. Hawes Grain Elevator in Atlanta
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Drone footage of the J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator in Atlanta. The 55-foot-tall elevator was built in 1903 and opened 1904, storing up to 30,000 bushels of grain for decades before closing down in 1976.
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The J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator is pictured in Atlanta. The 55-foot-tall elevator was built in 1903 and opened 1904, storing up to 30,000 bushels of grain for decades before closing down in 1976.
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From the bottom looking up, the J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator in Atlanta consists of wood framing and studs that carousel around the elevator and lead to the top floor.
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Julianna Nordman, co-director of the Atlanta Public Library and Museum, walks around the top level of J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator in Atlanta.
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Historian Larry Brandt opens the door to the driveway of the J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator in Atlanta. Horse-drawn wagons would drive onto two dump logs that acted as a teeter-totter to tilt the rear of the wagon down, letting the grain slide into the receiving pit below.
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A building used by the Cracker Jack Co. sits on the original founding of the scale house at J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator in Atlanta. It is filled with period items including a wood-burning stove, sieves used to grade the grain, and a scale made by the Chicago Scale Co.
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The scale house looking up at the 30-foot-tall Woodmanse windmill at J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator in Atlanta. Until the late 1930s, most farms used the mills to pump water for livestock.
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An old antique Prince Albert tobacco tin can leaning against the window of the scale house at J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator in Atlanta.
