Buffalo Harbor - Foot of Main Street, 1890's
The foot of Main Street at around the 1890's. At right is the wharf between
Main & Washington Streets, occupied by the
Northern Steamship Company. The elevator at top left of the photo is the Brown
Elevator. Travelers boarded steamships
from the foot of Main Street from the 1830's through the 1950's.
Shaded area of this historic map represents the area in view of the photo above.
Red arrow is Main Street where it ends
at the Buffalo Harbro. Map courtesy of the "Waterview Guide to Buffalo
Harbor," by Kenneth Glaser, Jack Messmer,
Paul Redding.