Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevators A and B (First Avenue SW, Dauphin)

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A 50,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Dauphin on the CNR Gladstone Subdivision was built for a local association of farmers by Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1927. It became known as “Pool B” when a new 40,000-bushel elevator designated “Pool A” was built beside it in 1948. Needing additional storage capacity by 1951, a balloon annex was built beside B while a new crib annex was attached to A, increasing their cumulative capacities to 95,000 and 115,000 bushels, respectively. The Pool B elevator was closed by 1983 and later demolished. The Pool A elevator closed in 1985 when a newly-built elevator on the edge of town opened.

Agents / Buyers (Pool A)

Period	Agent / Buyer
1927-1942	J. T. Taylor
1942-1946	P. J. Brown
1946	Albert William Higgs (1909-1961)
1946-1952	Frank Cole McBurney (1909-1986)
1952-1953	J. Roy Robinson (1911-2002)
1953-1962	Don G. Longmuir
1962-1979	Harvey J. Couling
1979-1986	Ron Tycholes

Agents / Buyers (Pool B)

Period	Agent / Buyer
1949-1952	J. Roy Robinson (1911-2002)
1952-1974	Frank Cole McBurney (1909-1986)
1974-1979	Harvey J. Couling
1979-1983	Ron Tycholes

Photos & Coordinates

Manitoba Pool grain elevator with balloon annexes (no date) Source: Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University. Manitoba Pool grain elevator B at the left foreground, with the Pool A elevator beside it (1960) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Manitoba Pool grain elevator B at left, with the Pool A elevator and annex at right (1962) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Manitoba Pool grain elevator B and balloon annex with Pool A at right (no date) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Site Location (lat/long): N51.15079, W100.05420 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator A / Pioneer Grain Elevator (Dauphin)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator C (Jackson Street, Dauphin)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lake of the Woods Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator D / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator 2 (First Avenue SW, Dauphin)

Sources:

Dauphin Valley Spans the Years by Dauphin Historical Society, 1970, pages 214-215.

Obituary [J. Roy Robinson], Brandon Sun, 30 November 2002, page B7.

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 23 March 2018

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