These are photos I took a few
years ago of Montreal's now deserted Conveyor Quay in the Old Port.
"Transshipment of Grains -
Montréal handled more grain in the 1920s than any other North American
port. Grain arriving from Western Canada was unloaded from ships and
railcars to be cleaned, weighed, divided and temporarily stored. Wheat,
buckwheat, barley rye, oats, corn and flax were then loaded onto ships headed
for Europe or onto trains bound for the U.S.
Conveyor Quay - Built in the
1950s, Montreal’s Conveyor Quay was the last port facility built in the former
port area. Its two mobile towers, of which only one remains, moved
along rails. The towers were connected to grain Elevator 1 by
an underground conveyor used to remove grain from newly arrived ships. The
Conveyor Tower is an outstanding monument to the Old Port’s industrial past. While
many of the original components remain (marine leg, buckets, hopper, vacuum
pipe) it has been out of service for decades." - Public Post
