New Cement Silo

The newer cement silo at Kandos Cement Works stands taller than the older row alongside it, a single cylindrical concrete tower with a conical roof and a steel stair running up its side. The silo is rendered in plain grey concrete, its surface streaked from rainwater run-off. Conveyor housing connects the top of the silo to the cement-mill discharge across the gantry above. At the base, a small discharge house contains the load-out chutes that fed road tankers parked on the apron alongside. A truck access road runs along one side, and a rail siding runs along the other. The silo's height makes it the most visible structure on the southern side of the plant.

The newer silo at Kandos was part of the plant's progressive expansion across its operational life. As production volumes rose and bulk delivery to road tankers grew alongside the older rail-bag despatch model, larger storage silos like this one were built to buffer the cement against demand. The plant produced cement for 95 years from August 1916 to closure in September 2011. The bulk silo and its discharge house are still in place, but the tankers stopped coming when the works did. The silos are among the structures most likely to remain at the site for the longest, simply because demolishing a concrete cylinder of this scale is expensive and slow.