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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.
- Smith Silo Company Brochure, 1961 - Hiram Smith patented his silo design in 1907. The design employed concrete staves bound together with cable hoops, much like a barrel. His business, Smith Silo Company, located in Paw Paw, then Oxford, Michigan, built its first silo in 1909. The company grew to become one of the largest concrete silo manufacturers in the Midwest during the next seventy years.
- 1961
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Smith Silo Company Brochure, 1961
Hiram Smith patented his silo design in 1907. The design employed concrete staves bound together with cable hoops, much like a barrel. His business, Smith Silo Company, located in Paw Paw, then Oxford, Michigan, built its first silo in 1909. The company grew to become one of the largest concrete silo manufacturers in the Midwest during the next seventy years.
- 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
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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.
- Smith Silo Company Brochure, circa 1931 - Hiram Smith patented his silo design in 1907. The design employed concrete staves bound together with cable hoops, much like a barrel. His business, Smith Silo Company, located in Paw Paw, then Oxford, Michigan, built its first silo in 1909. The company grew to become one of the largest concrete silo manufacturers in the Midwest during the next seventy years.
- circa 1930
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Smith Silo Company Brochure, circa 1931
Hiram Smith patented his silo design in 1907. The design employed concrete staves bound together with cable hoops, much like a barrel. His business, Smith Silo Company, located in Paw Paw, then Oxford, Michigan, built its first silo in 1909. The company grew to become one of the largest concrete silo manufacturers in the Midwest during the next seventy years.
- Sales Representative's Model of a Smith Silo, circa 1910 -
- circa 1910
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Sales Representative's Model of a Smith Silo, circa 1910
- Photograph Album, Smith Silo Company Silos, circa 1965 -
- circa 1965
- Collections - Artifact
Photograph Album, Smith Silo Company Silos, circa 1965
- Photograph Album, "Michigan Silo Co., Kalamazoo - Peoria" -
- 1966-1981
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Photograph Album, "Michigan Silo Co., Kalamazoo - Peoria"