|
||
|
||
I did early call this the great Northern Grain Elevator
investigation but I was mistaken. This elevator is called Agway/GLF
elevators however the Great northern which is America's oldest and only
Grain elevator still stands and will be a historical monument in the near
future. But our main focus is not the Great Northern but actually a very
large complex of 3 grain elevators now owned by the Great Lakes Fishing
Club. These elevators were simply used for the unloading of railroad cars.
Since there were no docks on the Buffalo River side ships were not load or
unloaded from this complex. The elevators were built in the early 1940s
and some of the buildings are absolutely in ruins. However the stairwells
are very solid and flooring. Most of the complex has alarm sensors so we
only got to explore about 20 percent of the area our first time here.
These grain elevators were the last built in the Buffalo NY area of this
kind. What I can tell you is compared to a person this place is MONOLITHIC
in size. There is basements, a few towers which at one time were used for
weighing hoppers and distribution sprouts. These elevators are very
haunted perhaps someone fell and died or when it was not in storage for
boats bodies were dumped off here. However just to walk inside is so
incredible to be able to look down into the shafts, take photos, and look
up at them and imagine how much history existed at one point there.
Copyright By AngelOfThyNight-Rick The photo above is featured at Albright Knox Gallery By Gerrit Engel So The GLF Silos and building to the right have been explored in investigation 1.
|
||
|
||
|
|