A branch drain accepting waste products delivered to it vertically, by gravity, from one or more similar but usually smaller fixtures, and conducting them horizontally to the primary disposal drain.
When the Minuteman III retires, the silos and launch facilities at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, which oversees 150 nuclear ICBMs scattered across a 13,800 square miles, will have been buried for 70 years.
Silos in AcatlÃ¡n, Hidalgo, Mexico. A silo (from the Greek ÏÎ¹ÏÏÏ â siros, pit for holding grain) is a structure for storing bulk materials. Silos are used in agriculture to store grain (see grain elevators) or fermented feed known as silage. Silos are more commonly used for bulk storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black, woodchips, food products and sawdust. Three types of silos are in widespread use today: tower silos, bunker silos, and bag silos.