Buffalo’s Great Grain Connection
Through the amazing wonderment of modern technology, here I sit, with computer, cell phone, and card from Wonder-Camera, in the mall parking lot, resizing photos to upload and write this entry!
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Buffalo, I discovered, is famous for its grain elevators! I have seen these huge silos all my life and never knew their usage or history, until yesterday!
There are grain elevators on the left and on the right side of this photo….
If you read my blog, you know that one of my favorite things is storyboards! If you expand this photo and take a couple of minutes to read, you will be informed about Buffalo’s importance in the grain industry!
Buffalo has suffered for years and years….the brunt of many a joke about its large snowfalls. There is so much cool and interesting history located here. Now that I have alerted you, dear reader, as to Buffalo’s “downside”, I will advise you….the skyway that you see in the photos is sometimes closed in really severe weather in Buffalo. Being so high in the sky, when that puppy freezes, it makes for some very treacherous travel! Now that I have let the cat outta the bag, I will lead on to my next entry….a very light and lovely one, indeed!
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I went to school in Buffalo for a year and never got past the snow which I think came Columbus Day weekend ! the wind and the fact that the school was just too big and in too much turmoil for me. I also never knew any thing about grain elevators.
We’ve got these things over here too, but not of course as big as the US ones!