New York State Grain Terminal

Built in 1921, the Grain Terminal is comprised of reinforced concrete tubes. In total, these tubes, and the spaces in between them, are capable of holding about 2,000,000 bushels of grain.

Existing grain silos in the NYC area were controlled by railroads, and this building aimed to give barges a primary place to store grain. However, the demand never grew to meet the capacity of the building, and demand waned to such an extent that the building’s usage stopped by the 1950s. The New York Port Authority took over management of the system but didn’t revive it for an extended period.

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