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From: "Ron" rdukarm AT roadrunner DOT com
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:10:58 -0400
Subject: Re: Buffalo Terminal; WAS (erielack) Photos of Elmira
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Subject: Buffalo Terminal; WAS (erielack) Photos of Elmira


> The taller building in the background. It looks like it says C.T. R.R. Co.
> Just a guess, but does that stand for Central Terminal railroad Company?
>
> Todd K. Stearns

Todd,

CTRR stands for Connecting Terminal Railroad (see attached photo). I'm
amased you could make out the lettering. Here is some info from Buffalo
History Works:

"The Pennsylvania Railroad controlled a major of the freight traffic in and
out of the Buffalo Harbor. The Connecting Terminal elevator was located
right at the entrance to the harbor directly across the river from the D.L.&
W. train sheds and allowed for the interchange of traffic with the lake
lines. The elevator was built by A.E. Baxter in two sections of reinforced
concrete, the first being in 1915, the second in 1954 -- the last grain
storage facility to be built in Buffalo."

For more information see:
http://www.buffalohistoryworks.com/grain/location/location.htm

Ron




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