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• Photo - Weehawken Grain Elevator at Pier 7 after explosion caused by German saboteurs during WW I

  1915 photograph of the Weehawken Pier 7 grain elevator built by the New York Central Railroad. According to an article in the NY Times from September 11, 1901, this was the largest grain elevator in the world at that time, holding a whopping 4,000,000 bushels at a construction cost of $1,500,00. According to the Library of Congress, This photo was taken after an explosion on July 15, 1915. In connection with the explosion serveral men, including Robert Fay and William Sholy were arrested for suspected bomb plots by German saboteurs.An article in the New York Times the next day placed the elevator in West New York, but gives more details on the explosion.For more information on grain terminals in the NYC area, including the Weehawken one, check out this video on YouTube.