Omaha

7 photos · 2017

7 photographs tagged Omaha, 2017.

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Colorful graffiti murals cover the base of concrete grain silos in Omaha, Nebraska.
Grain silos like these once stored the harvests that made Omaha a major hub of the Midwest grain trade, their concrete columns built tall and round to resist the outward pressure of stored grain.

Mural-Covered Grain Silo Bases in Omaha

Concrete grain silos connected by an elevated enclosed walkway at a grain elevator complex in Omaha, Nebraska.
This grain elevator complex is located in Omaha, Nebraska. The structure consists of multiple reinforced concrete silos connected by an elevated enclosed walkway.

Concrete Grain Silos and Elevated Walkway, Omaha, Nebraska

Paved South Omaha Trail runs past concrete grain silos with colorful graffiti murals at their base in Omaha, Nebraska.
Grain elevator silos like these once stored corn and soybeans shipped through Omaha's rail and river networks, a trade that shaped the city's South Omaha industrial corridor through much of the 20th century.

Painted Silo Murals Along the South Omaha Trail

Weathered concrete grain elevator silos with operational headhouse and connecting conveyor system in Omaha, Nebraska.
This is a concrete grain elevator complex in Omaha, built with the cylindrical silo design common to grain terminals of the early to mid twentieth century. A headhouse tops the tallest silo, where conveyors once moved grain between storage bins before loading it onto rail cars. The complex no longer operates, but the silos still stand along the rail line that once served it.

Weathered Silos at an Omaha Grain Elevator Complex

Weathered railroad safety sign warning "Do not ride top of car beyond this point" at Omaha rail yard.
A weathered sign reading "Do Not Ride Top of Car Beyond This Point" stands bolted to a rusted steel frame beside the tracks in an Omaha rail yard. Warnings like this once marked points where brakemen and switchmen were told to climb down before cars passed under low bridges or wires.

A Rusted “Do Not Ride Top of Car” Sign in Omaha

Handwritten preservation messages taped to the boarded facade of the Fitzgerald Rooms building in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Fitzgerald Rooms building stands at 1624 in Omaha, its street-level windows boarded over with plywood. Handmade signs taped to the brick, reading "U Know U Want 2 Save Me!!" and "We Love You," ask that the building be spared from demolition.

Handmade Pleas to Save the Fitzgerald Rooms at 1624

Bulkmatic tank trailer 77310 parked at an Omaha facility with city skyline in background.
Bulkmatic hauls dry bulk commodities such as grain, cement, and plastic pellets using pneumatic tank trailers like this one, numbered 77310. The trailer sits in a rail yard near downtown Omaha, Nebraska.

A Bulkmatic Tanker Trailer Parked Near Downtown Omaha

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