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- Silo and Silo Staging Device Model, circa 1950 - In 1909, Hiram Smith of Paw Paw, Michigan, developed a technique of building silos like a barrel, with cement staves and hoops of steel cables. The Smith Silo Company endured until 1980 and was one of the largest concrete-silo manufacturers in the Midwest. Salespersons used models like this to show the construction of the innovative Smith Silos to buyers.
- 1917
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Silo and Silo Staging Device Model, circa 1950
In 1909, Hiram Smith of Paw Paw, Michigan, developed a technique of building silos like a barrel, with cement staves and hoops of steel cables. The Smith Silo Company endured until 1980 and was one of the largest concrete-silo manufacturers in the Midwest. Salespersons used models like this to show the construction of the innovative Smith Silos to buyers.
- Concrete Silo, 1914 - 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.
- 1914
- Collections - Artifact
Concrete Silo, 1914
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.
- Sales Representative's Model of a Smith Silo, circa 1910 -
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Sales Representative's Model of a Smith Silo, circa 1910