Inside Buffalo’s Abandoned Grain Elevators – The Lost World of the Scoopers (Part 1)

Hidden along Buffalo’s waterfront stands a relic of America’s industrial might. In this episode of Forgotten World, we climb inside a 20-story grain elevator, explore the rusting marine legs, and uncover the story of the “scoopers” — men who once shoveled grain by hand in a vanished, dangerous trade. Chapters 0:00 The Giants of Buffalo’s Waterfront 0:32 Inside the Marine Leg 1:05 The Lost Job of the Scoopers 6:10 Machinery of a Vanished Age 10:58 Climbing Twenty Stories Into History 18:00 The Men Who Worked Among the Dust 22:10 Echoes of Industry