Construction of the Smith Silo inside Henry Ford Museum, December 1978
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
December 1978
Subject Date
December 1978
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.N.B.82617.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in
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Silos were developed in the 1870s as a way to preserve feed crops for dairy cattle and other livestock, in an air-tight environment. Early silos were built of stone, brick or wood. In 1909, Hiram Smith of Paw Paw, Michigan, developed an innovative technique of building silos, such as this, like a barrel, with concrete staves and steel cables.