Buffalo's waterfront
Thomas E. Leary (Author), Elizabeth C. Sholes (Author), Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society (Curator)
"The history of Buffalo, New York, is intimately bound with its waterways. Located for generations at the easternmost navigable end of the upper Great Lakes and the western terminus of the Erie Canal, Buffalo flourished first as a commercial hub, then as a center of major industry, all due largely to its location. Buffalo was the birthplace of the modern grain elevator and continues as the leading flour milling center of the nation. It was home to one of the first lakefront steel mills, and was a center for commercial coal and lumber traffic..."
Print Book, English, 1997
Arcadia Publishing, an imprint of the Chalford Publishing Corporation, Dover, New Hampshire, 1997