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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
- Collections - Artifact
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 Concrete Stave Silo -
- 1930-1976
- Collections - Artifact
Smith Silo Company Concrete Stave Silo
- Smith Silo Company Concrete Stave Silos, July 1941 -
- July 01, 1941
- Collections - Artifact
Smith Silo Company Concrete Stave Silos, July 1941
- Smith Silo Company Concrete Stave Silo -
- 1930-1976
- Collections - Artifact
Smith Silo Company Concrete Stave Silo
- Smith Silo Company Concrete Stave Silos -
- 1930-1976
- Collections - Artifact
Smith Silo Company Concrete Stave Silos
- Smith Silo Company Concrete Stave Silo at Edgebrook Farm -
- 1930-1976
- Collections - Artifact
Smith Silo Company Concrete Stave Silo at Edgebrook Farm
- Smith Silo Company Concrete Stave Silo -
- 1930-1976
- Collections - Artifact
Smith Silo Company Concrete Stave Silo
- Postcard, "Not Just Bull! Having a Grand Time at Branson, Mo.," 1939 -
- June 17, 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "Not Just Bull! Having a Grand Time at Branson, Mo.," 1939
- Cattle at Marbech Farms, December 1965 -
- December 01, 1965
- Collections - Artifact
Cattle at Marbech Farms, December 1965
- 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
- Collections - Artifact
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.