Chicago's Lost Grain Elevators | How Greed became Urban Decay
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Chicago's grain elevators were created for agricultural trade but destroyed by greed; although the city once had over 300 towering structures, nothing remains but the wealth that shaped the city. Join us in discovering this tale of Urban Decay
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Chapters:
00:00 How Chicago was different in 1850
00:53 How Chicago became an agricultural trading hub
02:02 How Railways transformed Chicago’s grain elevators
03:07 What is a grain elevator?
05:56 What happened to Chicago’s grain elevators?
07:56 How 19th-century stock traders exploited the grain trade
09:06 How grain elevators became financial fortifications
10:24 How the grain industry reshaped Chicago
11:45 What remains of Chicago’s grain elevators?
14:31 The Legacy of Chicago’s great grain elevators
IT’S HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.
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Editor - Patrycja Klimczuk
Host - Ryan Socash
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