![Grain-handling machinery including a hopper dumping into a conveyor](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20210928.jpg)
America’s breadbasket
Here’s what it looks like on the lower level of a large concrete terminal grain elevator. Each bin in a row can discharge its contents onto a long conveyor belt, which carries grain to the main building. From here, grain can go up to a rail loading chute. Library of Congress collection