Ingersoll Tile Elevator
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The Ingersoll Tile Elevator, located in Ingersoll, Oklahoma
Ingersoll, Oklahoma
Ingersoll is a small unincorporated community in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, United States. The post office was established September 13, 1901, and discontinued December 31, 1942. The Ingersoll Tile Elevator is on the National Register of Historic Places....

, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 1983. The elevator
Grain elevator
A grain elevator is a tower containing a bucket elevator, which scoops up, elevates, and then uses gravity to deposit grain in a silo or other storage facility...

 is constructed of hollow red clay tiles. Built around 1920, it was added to the Register because of its significance in the transition from wooden grain elevators to concrete. The elevator stands on the north side of US 64 and is in disrepair.

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