Built in 1959-1963 for the mining of a gypsum mine at a depth of 125 meters.
From 1966 until September 2001, the base carried out the storage of grain and flour of the neighboring enterprise "Etalon" of the Federal Reserve Agency, which is connected to the former production of gypsum in the mine.
The grain terminal is one of the largest granaries in Russia.
On the territory of the enterprise there are: warehouses, an administrative building, a laboratory, a hoisting machine building, an air conditioning workshop, a production workshop, an electromechanical workshop, a mechanical workshop, a sawmill, an air intake kiosk with a ventilation duct, a service water pumping station, a pumping station, domestic and drinking water reservoirs , a fire reservoir, a diesel locomotive depot, garages, 5 artesian water wells, a first-aid post, a club, a canteen, 2 railway lines (dead ends) 400 meters long each, platforms for loading / unloading products.
The number of grain terminal facilities is 28.
The total area of the territory is 92,801 m2.
The total area of the premises is 149,643.4 m2.
The total area of warehouses is 133,200 m2: the area of underground warehouses is 126,000 m2 (at a depth of 125 meters and a height of 11 meters), the area of surface warehouses is 7,200 m2 - 2 operational (maneuverable) warehouses with an area of 2,000 m2 each for container cargo with shafts for descent / ascent (with ramps and caissons for loading / unloading bulk products) and a warehouse for 3.2 thousand tons of grain with a pneumatic conveyor.
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