Virtually Explore This Abandoned Grain Elevator Off Of I-29 In KC

WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property.

If you've driven Highway 71/Interstate 29 north of downtown Kansas City, there's a good chance you've seen the abandoned grain elevator while you're on the highway over the Norfolk Southern yard. Now keep reading to virtually explore this abandoned grain elevator that looked so interesting from the highway.

According to Wikipedia a grain elevator is a facility designed to stockpile or store grain. The term can also mean an entire elevator complex including receiving and testing offices, weighbridges, and storage facilities. It can also refer to a company that owns grain elevators and grain processing.

The Pendergast Years, a website dedicated to Kansas City in the Jazz Age and the Great Depression has a listing and pictures of grain elevators in the Kansas City Missouri, and Kansas City Kansas area. There certainly was no shortage of grain elevators in the Kansas City area.

According to a Reddit post asking about the old grain elevator, it apparently was owned by Archer Daniels Midland until 2002. One post from two years ago said the property was available for $15,000. A comment from two years ago on the YouTube page with the video, from someone who supposedly knows the owner, warned people to not trespass on the property and that the owner was selling it to operate again.

Keep scrolling to see some pictures from the Youtube video, and see the video itself.

Virtually Explore This Abandoned Grain Elevator Off Of I-29 In KC

If you ever drive I-29 heading north out of downtown Kansas City you've probably seen the huge grain elevator by the railroad tracks. Now step inside and take a virtual tour of the abandoned elevator.

WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property.

Take A Look At This Scary Abandoned Kansas City Warehouse

WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property.

The Weld Wheel Building, or the Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company Building, is the second building on the site, in the West Bottoms neighborhood of Kansas City. For many years it was the home of the Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company. It was the first wholesale grocery building west of the Mississippi River located on the railroad. Later, it was the home of Weld Wheels, which called the building home from 1978 until 2003. The warehouse is currently slated for demolition and New York-based developer SomeraRoad, which is redeveloping 20 acres in the area, plans to build a five-story apartment building on the site.

Urban Explorer Lee Paco Industries explored the building twice to get to the roof. You can check out his Youtube videos here and here. If you like his work, he has some postcards and books for sale on his Etsy Channel.

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