Reading Company Grain Elevator
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The Reading Company Grain Elevator was built as a
grain elevator A grain elevator or grain terminal is a facility designed to stockpile or store grain. In the grain trade, the term "grain elevator" also describes a tower containing a bucket elevator or a pneumatic conveyor, which scoops up grain from a lowe ...
in 1925 by the
Reading Railroad The Reading Company ( ) was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in 1976. Commonly called the Reading Railr ...
in
Center City Philadelphia Center City includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It comprises the area that made up the City of Philadelphia prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854, which extended the ci ...
to replace an elevator that had operated on the same spot since the
Civil War A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.J ...
. The building was abandoned in the 1950s and refitted in the 1970, with the lower floor made into offices, the grain storage areas essentially untouched, and the upper levels made into penthouses.The Granary at Baldwin Park
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See also

* List of grain elevators


References

Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania 1925 establishments in Pennsylvania Industrial buildings completed in 1925 Residential buildings in Philadelphia Grain elevators in the United States Reading Company Agricultural buildings and structures in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia {{PhiladelphiaPA-NRHP-stub