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A four-year renovation started in the late 1990s, and was completed in 2001. The 1940 granary building was the only structure on the site that was not significantly refurbished or newly built at that time. The concrete grain elevator can hold 318,000-US-bushel (11,200 m) of wheat (about 19
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