Why are most road salt storage buildings shaped like Hershey’s Kisses?

Question : Why are most road salt storage buildings shaped like Hershey’s Kisses?
I am from Buffalo where all the buildings that store road salt for dispersal are shaped like hershey kisses and they are generaly tiled with brown shingles. After riding through St. Louis last night I saw the same buildings. Wouldnt a rectable or a square be more effecient? Their must be a reason.. .enlighten me.
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Answer by Mr. G
What is the natural shape of a pile of road salt? The similarity is not an accident.

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#1 written by Nunoyvgvna Awi 1 year ago

open up a salt shaker and pour out the salt on the table in a pile. what do you get? a hershey kiss shaped pile. building fits the pile.

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#2 written by eviot44 1 year ago

because the conveyor that caries the salt up there and falls down it looks like tepee also for draining the moisture much Quicker. too..

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#3 written by todvango 1 year ago

Yeah, I’m gonna go with Nunoyvgvna and Mr. G. on this one.

That and the buildings are built to shelter the salt from the weather and not “hold the salt”. The walls are not built with the strength to hold it in (like a grain silo) so they go with the “Hershey Kiss” design as you put it to allow for the natural shape of a pile of road salt. (Cheaper construction that way.)

I am not so sure about that moisure thing, but who knows.

Fair question. Don’t let ‘em ride you too hard for asking it!

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