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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Belleview, RM of Sifton)

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A wooden grain elevator at the siding of Belleview, on the CNR Hartney Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Sifton, was built in 1940 as part of the Manitoba Pool network. It closed on 31 July 1971 and was later removed from the site.

Agents / Buyers

Period

Agent / Buyer

1940-1945

H. C. Dimond

1945-1949

H. N. Lindsay

1949-1956

William A. Pierson

1956-1960

L. J. Burgess

1960-1961

H. Howe

1961-1962

B. J. Langan

1962-1964

David Warren Shewfelt

1964-1966

Frank C. Martell

1966-1970

Robert E. Klippenstein

1970-1971

G. W. Whitlaw

Photos & Coordinates

Aerial view of the grain elevator at Belleview (1968)
Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library, A20435-57

Site Location (lat/long): N49.60453, W100.85584
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Aerial photo A20435-57, 1968, Air Photo Library of Manitoba.

Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Denis Sabourin.

Page revised: 2 July 2017

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