Grain Bin Tower Communications or Something Else

Want to talk about grain and the 2012 summer's lack of rain? Then you need a big tower to get the word out to the masses. Not all is as it appears. Grain bins are located in the background of the tower. Three tracks of the Union Pacific railroad are just this side of the tower. As it turns out this tower is a relay tower for UP communications to its trains. Now you know.

Old and New

Elberon, Iowa's Main Street features this building - housing a once typical old time general store that is no longer in use. Today the building is enhanced with a cell tower in its backyard. This wood framed building was probably built before telephones came through Elberon. Now modern day cell reception is the talk of the town. Know that.