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 Yorks 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 Yorks Grain Trade
05:01 - How Grain Traders were evil
05:25 - Why New York was so important to Americas grain trade
06:30 - The crazy logistics of 19th-century grain trading
08:03 - What Remains of New Yorks Lost Piers 6 & 8
08:56 - What Remains of New Yorks Lost Pier 7
09:50 - Why The Red Hook Grain Terminal was Abandoned
13:13 - What Remains of Buffalo, New Yorks Grain Terminals
15:07 - New Yorks Grain Terminals in the modern day



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