New York’s Lost Grain Terminals
Have you ever wondered why New York City is littered with abandoned piers and silos? Well, these structures go. Back to when the city was one of the most important grain trading centers on earth - and today, we will discover why it all fell apart.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Remembering New York’s Lost Grain Silos
00:52 - The History of Grain storage throughout human history
02:54 - Grain storage during the industrial revolution
03:30 - How Chicago Controlled New York’s Grain Trade
05:01 - How Grain Traders were evil
05:25 - Why New York was so important to America’s grain trade
06:30 - The crazy logistics of 19th-century grain trading
08:03 - What Remains of New York’s Lost Piers 6 & 8
08:56 - What Remains of New York’s Lost Pier 7
09:50 - Why The Red Hook Grain Terminal was Abandoned
13:13 - What Remains of Buffalo, New York’s Grain Terminals
15:07 - New York’s Grain Terminals in the modern day
IT’S HISTORY - Weekly Tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.
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Scriptwriter - Ryan Socash
Editor - Karolina Pleskot,
Host - Ryan Socash
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