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41in excellent condition%u2014and there was no evidence of structural failure. Pleased with the results, Peavey increased the elevator%u2019s height to 125 feet. Peavey%u2019s Folly was soon considered a triumph%u2014even by the early skeptics%u2014and it became the model for modern elevator design for decades to come. Furthermore, slip-formed concrete was adopted by engineers and architects for all types of massive structures. This inspired process, along with the smooth, curvilinear shape%u2014and the fact that the building%u2019s form derived directly from its function%u2014led Le Corbusier ( a highly influential, modernist architect of the time) to declare the Peavey-Haglin elevator %u201cthe magnificent first fruits of the new age.%u201d Yet, despite its stunning success, Peavey%u2019s Folly was never again filled with grain. It was built simply as an experiment, nothing more. But Peavey was pleased with his accomplishment, and he soon built a complex of 30 slip-formed concrete towers at his Duluth facility based on what he learned from his pioneering Minneapolis project. Today, Peavey%u2019s Folly still stands%u2014forlorn and empty. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 for its %u201cultimate effect on industry nationwide and on modern architecture worldwide,%u201d it is now largely ignored, despite its pivotal role in history. Here in Indiana, Peavey-inspired elevators dot the countryside%u2014some abandoned, some still in use. With their colossal, cylindrical concrete silhouettes, they remain reminders of the spirit, enterprise, and promise of both industry and agriculture at the turn of the 20th century.Retired Benton County resident, Howdy Haynes, recalled the time, in his youth, when he helped build a slip-formed concrete elevator. %u201cWorking on that elevator,%u201d he said, %u201cwas one of the most fun jobs I ever had.%u201d The elevator is still very much in use, in the small community of Free. According to Howdy %u201cOnce those forms started moving upward, they didn%u2019t stop until they reached the top%u2014100 feet in the air. As they were jacked higher and higher, we had to keep filling them with concrete, 24 hours a day, for several days in a row. It was really something.%u201dFrancesville, Pulaski Co. (672.02)