If you are here because of "C&NW's West Elgin Depot," then you need to go there.
I don't normally write notes with just one photos, but this one dramatically illustrates the importance of steamboats before the railroads took off. And this shows how grain was shipped in bags until the railroads forced the invention of grain elevators and bulk grain shipment. I first learned that grain was shipped in bags when I studied the grain warehouse along the I&M Canal in Seneca, IL. The farmer did not get paid for his grain until it reached its destination, say a flour mill in a town along the Mississippi River. So insuring the bags for all of the things that could go wrong during a long trip was a big deal.
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| Derby Gisclair posted St. Louis Waterfront An unattributed photograph circa 1865 of the St. Louis waterfront. A notation states that the Shamrock (1863 - 1875) is left of center behind the smoke. Lloyd Scott Hardin shared |
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