Trench silo for crop storage
Title |
Trench silo for crop storage |
Creator(s) |
Clement, William L., photographer |
Date |
1956-02-21 |
Coverage |
1950-1959 |
Photographer's notes |
Trench silo constructed in the summer of 1955. Dimensions: six feet deep, fourteen feet wide at bottom, sixteen feet wide at top, and seventy-five feet long. Filled with corn and sorghum and covered with sheet of water-proof paper, ground limestone and sawdust. |
Farm owner |
Bryson, Ike |
Contextual note |
One in a series of photographs of agricultural activities in Cannon County, TN that were taken by W.L. Clement, District Conservationist for the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, and his assistants between the mid-1940s and mid-1970s. |
People in Photograph |
[Ike Bryson and son] |
Collection Name |
Photographs of W.L. Clement, U.S. Soil Conservation Service |
ID Number |
T-183-1 |
Subject-LCSH |
Silos |
Subject-TGM |
Photographic prints |
Subject-Keyword |
Trench silo; |
Geographic Location |
Cannon County (Tenn.) |
Community Name |
Woodbury |
Soil Conservation District or Watershed |
TN-SCD-19; Stones River |
Type |
Image |
Format |
jpeg |
Genre |
Photograph |
Extent |
Approx. 4.5" x 4" |
Source file |
T1831_142f_trenchsilo |
Copyright status |
Publication of the United States government. Not copyrighted |
Conditions for use |
May be freely reproduced. Please credit the original photograph to: United States Soil Conservation Service. Credit the source of the digital item to: Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University. |
Digital Publisher |
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University |
Contributing Institution |
Arts Center of Cannon County |
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