OT Grain elevators

I'm looking to build a 4' tall 5" deep model of the outside of an old grain elevator to use as display shelves. Does anyone know what the construction was like on the outside walls of these things?

2" wood planks laid flat stacked up 1 1/2" at a time.

After the "all wood" era, short sheets of corrugated steel, sort of like large "shakes".

I would ASSUME they did it this way so the steel wouldn't wrinkle as the cribbed bins settled a little over time.

I don't know if you can glean any useful information from watching an old elevator in my hometown get torn apart, have a look, if you'd like.
Taking one apart

a shot of the local elevator being built, this bin is still in use today on a local ranch Like DKase said
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When I was a young lad, we trucked Grain to this elevator in a 1946 Ford Three ton.

In early 1982, the city of Dawson Creek realized an important symbol of Canadian agriculture would become history. At this time there were only two elevators remaining. The city looked into the possibility of acquiring one. They then had to decide how it could be moved, where they would get funding, and how the structure could be put to use.

In July 1982, the Alberta Wheat Pool agreed to sell to the city a 65,000-bushel elevator complete with a 45,000-bushel annex, a scale house and the office, all for $1.00; if it could be moved by November 30th, 1982.

A new location was found in the Heritage Park. The total cost of the move was estimated at $110,000. Mix Brothers Services Ltd. Of Edmonton were hired and began by poring a cement slab foundation. On November 19th the annex, weighing 290,000 lbs. was moved. On November 23rd, the 460,000 lbs. Elevator, the scale house, and the office began their move. By November 26th, all the buildings were in place at the new location.

Dawson Creek BC Canada...Southern terminus of the Alcan /Alaska Highway....

Probably the materials used were what ever was cheapest and easily available at the time. In my home town the elevator was made out of concrete. I have seen them made with corrugated tin. It appears in some of the pictures below brick was used so I think your model I think pick the material which pleases you.

Thank you everybody, this is exactly what I needed! Of course I will show the finished product when it's done, going to take a while though. Thanks again!

It was corrugated steel in the town where i grew up, with cribbed 2x6 underneath.The steel was galvanized, so it didn't need painting.

The elevator in the town near were I grew up was originally covered with shiplap wood siding, and later covered with corregated steel. This elevator was built around 1865, and was the only building in the down town business section to survive two devastating fires that totally destroyed the down town, during the period of 1870-1895. The elevator was purchased by the town as a historical building a few years ago. It was use as a elevator/feedmil untill 1978. Rail road tracks that ran beside it were pulled out in the 1940?s