Haysville Grain Elevator, Kansas

This 2,717-foot-long cement structure is listed as the largest grain elevator in the world. The elevator is composed of 246 individual 30-foot by 120-foot-tall connected concrete tanks in three parallel rows, all under a single headworks. The structure has a capacity of over 20 million bushels of wheat, enough to supply all the bread consumed in America in a six week period. In 1998, an explosion at the facility killed seven people, injured ten others, and heavily damaged the structure. The facility is also known as the DeBruce Grain Inc. Elevator.