Jack Driscol, former boss of a Buffalo grain scooping gang, railroad man and elevator worker
Title
Jack Driscol, former boss of a Buffalo grain scooping gang, railroad man and elevator worker
Creator
Description
"The scoopers were at the whim of everybody."
A railroad man at age 17 who would soon become the “boss” of a grain scooping “gang” in 1962, Jack Driscol toiled on Buffalo’s waterfront his whole working life. Jack shared memories of scooping grain deep down in the hold of a ship, of working with equipment that stayed the same since his dad's time as a scooper, and about what being the boss of a scooping gang was really like. Driscol was interviewed in early 2020 by Kate Kaye.NOTE: This story features detailed descriptions of scooping gangs and scooping work and equipment, grain elevator and railroad operations and related work.
Date
2023
Date Created
2023-08-03
Subject
Rights
©2023 Kate Kaye
Type
Sound
Format
audio/mpeg
Extent
00:22:43
Language
Identifier
sg_audio_005
Citation
Kaye, Kate, “Jack Driscol, former boss of a Buffalo grain scooping gang, railroad man and elevator worker,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed November 21, 2024, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/3033.