Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Croll, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at Croll, on the CPR Boissevain Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Boissevain-Morton, was formerly operated by the Croll Cooperative Elevator Association as part of the Manitoba Pool network. An original 50,000-bushel elevator, built in 1930 to replace one destroyed by fire, was joined by a 30,000-bushel elevator in 1940. Designated A and B respectively, they were merged into a single 80,000-bushel facility around 1952. Seen here in May 1972, the elevator was closed in December 1974, after the railway line was abandoned, and demolished in October 1976.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1926-1927	O. W. Haggart
1927-1929	L. W. Collins
1929-1934	F. J. Hunt
1934-1941	R. Reekie
1941-1952	Joseph R. Moggey
1952-1956	J. S. Leslie
1956-1957	V. Russ Ivey
1957-1959	J. A. Nelin
1959-1965	D. L. Kempthorne
1965-1967	Robert Platt
1967-1969	K. C. Graham
1969-1971	K. M. McGill
1971-1974	Peter A. Penner
1974	Glen Murray Lumgair

Photos & Coordinates

Manitoba Pool grain elevator and crib annex at Croll (early 1950s) by Archie Dickson Source: Glenn Dickson Manitoba Pool grain elevator and crib annex at Croll (May 1972) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Manitoba Pool grain elevator and crib annex at Croll (May 1972) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Demolition of Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Croll (October 1976) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Aerial view of the Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Croll (1967) Source: A19902-21, Manitoba Air Photo Library Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.34126, W100.17724 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Elgin East topographic map, 62F/08 East, Edition 1, Series A743 [Archives of Manitoba].

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

A19902-21 (1967), Manitoba Air Photo Library.

This page was prepared by Glenn Dickson and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 May 2021

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