Silos: (Satellite)
Coal Tower: (Satellite)
Unlike many places in New York, in this town and to the east, the Barge Canal uses the route of the Enlarged Canal, which used the route of the Original Canal.
The silos are obvious. The building just to the right of the silos is the flour mill. The tower on the left is called the Coal Tower. The quaint buildings on the right are right next to the canal.
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| Street View, Sep 2016 |
The view from the other side of the mill and coal tower.
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| Street View, May 2024 |
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| CoalTowerRestaurant "In the early 1900’s Joe and Charles Schoen constructed the Coal Tower, using it for coal storage to service the boats on the Erie Canal and local residents." |
I looked for the flour mill because of this post of the Barge & Erie Canals.
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| Robert Corby posted LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM THE PITTSFORD FLOUR MILL GRAIN ELEVATOR |
Because of the angle of the bridge with the canal, it was easy to determine that it was the State Street Bridge. And since Robert was looking southeast, I needed to look northwest from the bridge. I quickly found the building with the cupola on the left side of the photo.
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| Satellite |
So I got a view from the Main Street Bridge. The silos were then obvious.
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| Street View, Sep 2021 |
That is when I learned I missed the silos because I was looking to close to the canal and because they are hidden by their own shadow.
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| Satellite |
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| PittsfordOfficeSpace The mill was built in 1882, and the silos were added in 1939. |
This is the lobby of the "Grain Tower" building. Note the curved wall on the left.
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| PittsfordOfficeSpace_tower |
The silo facing the canal became the elevator.
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| Street View, May 2024 |
A view of the Main Street Bridge from the tower.
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| PittsfordOfficeSpace_tower |
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