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Craven- Lyle Ethanol Facility

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Craven-Lyle Ethanol Facility

Project Manager:  Roger Bir

Completion Date:  November 2021

Scenery Chairman:  Dave Van Wagoner

  • The proposed facility was approved by the membership in August 2020 with a budget of $300.
  • The initial production was delayed for three months. Another project in the same locale was proposed and it took until November to reach a final decision. The area was cleared and the surface painted brown. The first part of the facility was the installation of the backdrop
  • In the lower left is one of two truck scales in the facility.
  • All the track is laid and ballasted. Next phase was install and paint the roadways.
  • The facility was opened for the November 2021 Open House. Our first event since the pandemic began.
  • The main auger transfer from the storage silos to the corn storage bins. From there, the product is dried and then fed into a final storage bin.
  • This is the off-load platform for truck and train car.
  • The blue 55 Chevrolet is homage to a good friend from high school, Nancy Avis. Quiet in high school...until she get's into her 55.
  • One of three rail car scales on the facility.
  • These storage silos are for corn.
  • Main company employee parking lot.
  • The ethanol facility off-loading platform for trucks and rail cars.
  • The drying bin in the center handles all wheat drying.
  • One of two truck-scales within the facility.
  • Working on the catwalk above the wheat storage bins.

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    • Nelson Steam Repair Facility
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      • Telegraph: Virginia & Western Coal Co
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      • Widen – Lumber Mill
      • Widen-Propane Facility
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    • Columbia Furnace
    • Croaker – Norge
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