Tide Change;
Back to that method of construction though, if I'm not wrong, the prairie grain elevators that I recall as a kid were built with wood on the flat like that or at least some of it was. Again the way back machine isn't quite firing on all cylinders, but when they were taking the elevators down, they salvaged tons and tons of wood from them.
Dwayne
The grain bins inside the elevators were built that way with 2x6s or bigger. It was necessary to hold the pressure when the bin was pretty tall since a big quantity of grain can act somewhat like a liquid and push on the walls of its container. Took a lot of wood to make a tall elevator.
Jerry
