Chicago's Lost Grain Elevators | How Greed became Urban Decay

Follow us on insta https://www.instagram.com/ryansocash/

Chicago's grain elevators were created for agricultural trade but destroyed by greed; although the city once had over 300 towering structures, nothing remains but the wealth that shaped the city. Join us in discovering this tale of Urban Decay

Join this channel to get access to perks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzIZ8HrzDgc-pNQDUG6avBA/join

Chapters:
00:00 How Chicago was different in 1850
00:53 How Chicago became an agricultural trading hub
02:02 How Railways transformed Chicago’s grain elevators
03:07 What is a grain elevator?
05:56 What happened to Chicago’s grain elevators?
07:56 How 19th-century stock traders exploited the grain trade
09:06 How grain elevators became financial fortifications
10:24 How the grain industry reshaped Chicago
11:45 What remains of Chicago’s grain elevators?
14:31 The Legacy of Chicago’s great grain elevators

IT’S HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.

» CONTACT
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/ITshistoryX
https://www.instagram.com/ryansocash/

» CREDIT
Scriptwriter - Ryan Socash
Editor - Patrycja Klimczuk
Host - Ryan Socash

» SOURCES
https://www.facebook.com/groups/itshistory/

» NOTICE
Some images may be used for illustrative purposes only - always reflecting the accurate time frame and content. Events of factual error / mispronounced word/spelling mistakes - retractions will be published in this section.