This photo was taken in the downtown Minonk parking lot looking north to the Livingston Elevator. The event was a scrap iron drive during World War II when people brought in their scrap iron to be used for production in the war effort. An aerial view of the scrap iron pile showing the Illinois Central railroad tracks on the left. This view is looking south in the parking lot. Another aerial view. Photos are from the archives of the Minonk News-Dispatch.