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The Industrial Heritage Trail
Image Source: Historic American Engineering Record. Jet Lowe, photographer, 1994. The Concrete Central Elevator is located between the Buffalo River and the track of the former New York Central Railroad. It is the furthest upstream of any elevator along the Buffalo River. The elevator was financed by Eastern Grain Mill & Elevating Company, and designed by Harry Wait, engineer of the Monarch Engineering Company of Buffalo. The elevator, built in five sections from 1915 to 1917, is a quarter of a mile long. It was the largest transfer elevator in the world upon its completion. Its 268 bins could store 4.5 million bushels of grain. The Concrete Central was the only elevator able to simultaneously unload three lake freigher, load four canal boats, and load up to 85 rail cars. The elevator was sold to the Continental Grain Corporation in 1944, and remained a functioning transfer elevator until 1969. Subsequently, it was used to store surplus grain, and closed in 1973.Details
| HM Number | HM1M3K |
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| Placed By | The Industrial Heritage Committee, Inc |
| Marker Condition |  10 out of 10 (1 reports) |
| Date Added | Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 at 10:02pm PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17T E 674132 N 4747075 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 42.85643333, -78.86861667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 42° 51.386', W 78° 52.117' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 42° 51' 23.16" N, 78° 52' 7.02" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 716 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 851-863 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo NY 14203, US |
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