Traces Left Behind

• Photographer
  John Eaton

Buffalo, NY, came to prominence at the turn of the 20th century as the pre-eminent trading post for grain at the eastern end of the Great Lakes. The first of a number of immense reinforced concrete silos was built along the Buffalo River in 1906 -- and many more followed in the next 25 years. However, with the opening of the St Lawrence Seaway at the end of the 1950's, Buffalo's importance declined rapidly and its facilities fell out of use. As the reinforced concrete was extremely difficult to demolish the grain silos were simply left to decay, today representing a testament to times gone by with Traces Left Behind.