Freighter Frontenac being towed by the tug, Ohio, ca. 1965. The ship has just passed under the Ohio Street Bridge.
Aerial view of grain elevators along the Buffalo River, 1924
By the mid-1800s, shipping businesses were looking for additional access points to the Buffalo Harbor. Once completed, the City Ship Canal was immediately successful.
The "idlers" in the foreground are holding down part of the Atlantic Wharf on the north side of the Buffalo River between the Evans Slip and the Commercial Slip.
The Ohio Street Lift Bridge in 1963, raised to permit The Harvester lake freighter to pass.
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Once the largest wholesale market in the city of Buffalo, the Elk Street Market was a central trading place for early residents.