Grain Elevator at a pier in Port Richmond, 1928

Grain Elevator at a pier in Port Richmond, 1928

Grain elevators, Port Richmond (Philadelphia, Pa.), Port Richmond (Philadelphia, Pa.)--History--Pictorial works, Philadelphia (Pa.), Philadelphia. Dept. of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)

An image of a grain elevator at a pier located at East Ann Street and Richmond Street at Port Richmond, Philadelphia along the Delaware River. Grain elevators like this were used to place grain and other foodstuffs on tramp ships for transport to Europe during the First World War.

WCU, HIS 601/HON 452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014

January 28, 1928

Derek Duquette, Melanie Pezdirtz

Courtesy of PhillyHistory.org, a project of the Philadelphia Department of Records

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