Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Dutton Siding, Municipality of Gilbert Plains)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator and annex at Dutton Siding, on the CNR Togo Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Gilbert Plains, was built in 1920 and operated by United Grain Growers. An attached annex was added in 1940. The complex was closed in October 1976 and later demolished.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1920-1923	George H. Pierce
1923-1924	N. R. McGregor
1924-1925	G. B. Fraser
1925-1926	A. E. G. McKay
1926-1931	L. Percy Baker
1931-1939	Jack Galloway
1939-1943	William A. Findlater
1943-1952	Ray S. Wilcox
1952-1957	Fred S. Warner
1957-1965	Jim Hebner
1965-1967	A. J. Steadman
1967-1976	Jim McLeod

Photos & Maps

The former United Grain Growers grain elevator at Dutton Siding (1962) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) The former United Grain Growers grain elevator at Dutton Siding at right with the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at left (1964) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) The former United Grain Growers grain elevator at Dutton Siding with the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator in the background (1964) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) The former United Grain Growers grain elevator at Dutton Siding (1969) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Site Location (lat/long): N51.14753, W100.58331 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Dutton Siding, Municipality of Gilbert Plains)

Sources:

Grandview East topographic map, 62N/2 East, Edition 2, Series A743 [Archives of Manitoba].

United Grain Growers Fonds, MSS76, Box 59, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.

We thank Bonnie Somers Kasper and Linda Dutton for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Glenn Dickson.

Page revised: 16 October 2016

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