Grain storage structures in Western Australia

Grain storage structures are grain silos spread around Western Australia, primarily in the wheatbelt region, at grain receival locations

They are linked with the wheatbelt railway lines of Western Australia and the transport of grain for export by the CBH Group to ports at Bunbury, Esperance, Fremantle, Geraldton and Kwinana.

Structure types

Historically there were major structures found at Midland/Bellevue,[1] it was a rail based storage while at Fremantle and Bunbury[2] there were grain storage silos that were part of the port loading facilities.

The identification of the types of installations was made as follows:[3]

  • Horizontal 'H' type (1933+) circular wall
  • Horizontal 'A' type (1960–1983) (85 in 2003)
  • Horizontal 'B' type (1962–1982) (31 in 2003)[a]
  • Horizontal 'C' type (1966–1967) (5 in 2003)
  • Horizontal 'D' type (1967–1982) (48 in 2003)
  • Horizontal 'E' type (1969–1971) (20 in 2003)
  • Horizontal 'F' type (1990) ( 1 in 2003)
  • Horizontal 'G' type (1978–1982) (36 in 2003)
  • Silo 'K' type (1980–1981) (26 in 2003)
  • Silo 'L' type (1982) (19 in 2003)
  • Circular 'M' type (1973–1994) (11 in 2003)
  • Open Bulk Head 'O' type (1975–2003) (number unknown)
  • Roofed Bulk Head 'P' type (1986–1989) (3 in 2003)
  • Horizontal 'Q' type (1995–2000) (12 in 2003)
  • Silo 'S' type (2000–2003) (number unknown)
  • Circular 'X' type
  • Bulkwest CS2000 Series (102 in 2003)
  • Circular Domes (1994) (4 in 2003)

Table

Name of design Constructed Design Capacity in tonnes Number in operation 2003
Horizontal 'A' Type 1960–1983 Horizontal storage 10,900 to 34,000 85
Horizontal 'B' Type 1962–1982 Horizontal storage 8,200 to 21,800 31

Metro Grain Centre

The Perth based Metro Grain Centre is located on Abernethy Road in Forrestfield. It is connected by road and rail with the port in Fremantle Harbour, for container shipping, and Kwinana port for bulk handling of grain. It opened in March 1998 and can store 200,000 tonnes of grain.[4][5]

Port silos

Bunbury

Grain silos built at Bunbury in 1937, were decommissioned in the 1980s, and have been re-styled as accommodation since 1994.[6][7][8]

Fremantle

Built on the North Quay in 1948, the Fremantle grain silos were demolished in 2000 after a heritage application was rejected by the Minister for Planning.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ In 1973, 'B' Types were in York, Beverley and Pingelly

References

  1. ^ Bellevue: CBH grain silo demolished PerthNow 31 May 2016
  2. ^ CBH Grain silo in 1960 State Library of Western Australia
  3. ^ Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd's grain storage system in Western Australia. CBH Group. 2003.
  4. ^ Opening of $100M CBH Metro Grain Centre at Forrestfield Archived 20 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Transport 6 March 1998
  5. ^ Metro Grain Centre CBH Group
  6. ^ Aerial Surveys Australia; HRRC (1967), Aerial photograph of CBH grain silos, Bunbury [picture], retrieved 1 April 2013
  7. ^ "Bunbury Silos Apartments | Silos Accommodation Bunbury". Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  8. ^ Silos cash boost to fix significant cracking South Western Times 5 October 2018
  9. ^ Fremantle silos heritage decision Minister for Planning 18 February 2000
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