Grain storage structures in Western Australia
Grain storage structures – also known as bins or wheat bins in local popular usage – are grain silos spread around Western Australia, primarily in the wheatbelt region, at grain receival locations.
Historically they have been linked with the Wheatbelt railway lines of Western Australia, and the transport of grain to the ports of Western Australia for export by the CBH Group.
Structure types
In 2003, CBH published a document "Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd's grain storage system in Western Australia".Historically there were major structures found at Midland/Bellevue, it was a rail based storage while at Fremantle and Bunbury there were grain storage silos that were part of the port loading facilities.
The identification of the types of installations was made as follows:
- Horizontal 'H' type circular wall
- Horizontal 'A' type
- Horizontal 'B' type
- Horizontal 'C' type
- Horizontal 'D' type
- Horizontal 'E' type
- Horizontal 'F' type
- Horizontal 'G' type
- Silo 'K' type
- Silo 'L' type
- Circular 'M' type
- Open Bulk Head 'O' type
- Roofed Bulk Head 'P' type
- Horizontal 'Q' type
- Silo 'S' type
- Circular 'X' type
- Bulkwest CS2000 Series
- Circular Domes