Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - Sign of the Times

Sign of the Times
by Cybastean

Photographers description:
"Rust and weeds overtake a large abandoned grain warehouse in Katy, Texas. A plaque on this building indicates it was erected in 1965. That seems a pretty short useful lifetime for a structure of this size, but large tracts of the Katy Prairie that had been used for rice farming have been converted to subdivisions and commercial use. There are two or three other grain warehouses standing next to this one, one of which appears still to be in operable condition. It is for sale. As we take more land out of agricultural production, consolidate what is left in large corporations, and devote large portions of grain production to fuel production, sights like this seem likely to be more and more common."

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