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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LU2_the-grain-industry-decline-buffalos-grain-legacy_Buffalo-NY.html
Buffalo was the leading wheat market in the United States for the first three decades of the twentieth century. However, by the 1930s, Buffalo's stategic position in the grain trade weakened as U.S. and Canadian grain began to bypass the port's tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LSC_the-engineers-of-the-grain-elevators_Buffalo-NY.html
During the first half of the twentieth century, over 30 concrete grain elevators lined Buffalo's inner and outer harbors, representing the culmination of over 60 years of grain elevator design. Beginning in 1842 with entrepreneur Joseph Dart and e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LR6_the-grain-elevators_Buffalo-NY.html
Fortuitous geography, local engineering ingenuity, and American business acumen were to combine to assure Buffalo a pivotal role in the forwarding of grain to national and international markets. After the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, transsh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LQK_general-mills-and-great-northern-elevators_Buffalo-NY.html
General Mills Grain Elevator The General Mills Grain Elevator was originally known as the Washburn Crosby Elevator. In 1903, Washburn Crosby built a set of nine bins known as Elevator A next to the flour mill on South Michigan Avenue that was alre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LQ5_development-of-the-inner-harbor_Buffalo-NY.html
Early History Converting the mouth of the Buffalo River into a safe and easily navigable harbor was a work of great magnitude and cost. The mouth of the Buffalo River frequently became clogged by sands moving north along the beach towards the Niag…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LPO_times-beach-nature-preserve_Buffalo-NY.html
In 1987, the New York State Department of State designated the Times Beach area as a significant coastal fish and wildlife habitat. This designation is aimed at protecting the state's most important coastal habitats. Times Beach Nature Preserve is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LP3_history-of-times-beach_Buffalo-NY.html
Times Beach was, at one time, an actual sand beach. The beach formed as a result of the improvements to Buffalo's inner harbor. Prior to the harbor improvements the mouth of the Buffalo River was frequently clogged with sands that moved north alon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LOW_the-connecting-terminal-elevator_Buffalo-NY.html
The Connecting Terminal Elevator stands on the west side of the City Ship Canal immediately upstream of its confluence with the Buffalo River. The existing facility is actually the second elevator built on the site. The first Connecting Terminal E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LO8_buffalo-main-harbor-lights_Buffalo-NY.html
An Outdoor Lighthouse Museum. Buffalo's complex harbor system has showcased many unique lights. Scan the harbor for the existing lights shown in this artist's conception. The lights shown as transparent have been demolished or moved to another sit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LO5_buffalo-water-intake-horseshoe-reef-light_Buffalo-NY.html
Two structures mark the entrance to the Niagara River - the city of Buffalo water intake and the abandoned Horseshoe Reef Light. The Horseshoe Reef Light, the dark metal structure atop a concrete base, was established in 1856 after Canada and Engl…