slgwv's photos with the keyword: grain elevator

And Lake Umatilla. Looking from the Oregon side over to Washington. The tall white buildings are grain elevators. Barges carry the grain down to Portland, OR. The little town to the left of the elevators is Roosevelt, WA. The spectacular road on the slope beyond is the Roosevelt Grade. Map position is approximate due to the demise of the "satellite view" feature.

Columbia River, Oregon, USA. Due to the system of dams and locks on the Columbia and the Snake, barge traffic can go from Portland, Oregon all the way to Lewiston, Idaho. Map position updated now that the "satellite view" feature is working again.

Complete with grain elevator--the tallest structure in town. It _seems_ like the plains, except that we're in the Columbia Basin in Washington state! Coulee City is both on the BNSF railroad and US 2. Per Wikipedia it has a population of 562. As I've mentioned, the term "city" has no legal significance in the US. Any little burg with delusions of grandeur can call itself a "city"!

Somewhere off Bluestem Road in eastern Washington state, USA. They still move some wheat by rail here--altho the trackage is obviously _not_ the main line! Some of the wheatfields in the Palouse are visible in the distance, in the hills on the skyline.