Word: conveyor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Most export grain travels by barge or railroad car to ships in New Orleans and the Texas Gulf ports. At Houston, Cargill Inc., one of the world's biggest grain exporters, receives up to 300 railroad cars of grain a day. The grain is transferred by a conveyor system to towering, 125-ft. elevators (capacity: 4 million bu.), then poured into ships from twelve spouts at the rate of 70,000 bu. an hour...