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A wooden grain elevator at Alexander, on the CPR Broadview Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead, was operated by Paterson Grain. Traded to Manitoba Pool Elevators in mid-1988, it was destroyed by fire on 10 September 1990.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1916-1917
J. C. Craven
1917-1935
W. A. Walker
1935-1943
W. H. House
1943-1944
Mr. Turner
1944-1949
W. H. House
1949-1978
L. A. Gamley
1978-1988
K. M. Van DeKerckhove
1988-1990
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Aerial view of the Paterson grain elevator at Alexander (1990s)
Source: Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon UniversitySite Location (lat/long): N49.82923, W100.29303
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Alexander, RM of Whitehead)
“Farmers upset over exchange of elevators,” Brandon Sun, 13 August 1988, page 2.
Whitehead Wanderings: 1883-2010, Volume 2 by Whitehead History Committee, circa 2010, page 42.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 October 2018
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