FIRST - Grain Elevator
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Rayman
N 42° 52.706 W 078° 52.971
17T E 672908 N 4749489
On this site was the first grain elevator, used for storing grain.
Waymark Code: WMB80
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/24/2006
Views: 51
In 1842, the world's first steam powered elevator to transfer and store grain opened on this site. Buffalo merchant, Joseph Dart, and machinist, Robert Dunbar, built the elevator following precedents set by Oliver Evans. Its basic principles are still used in elevators along Buffalo's waterfront.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1842
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