Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Railway Avenue, Glenboro, Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

Between November 1984 and September 1985, Manitoba Pool Elevators built a new grain-handling facility at Glenboro, on the CPR Glenboro Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress. Constructed in the composite style, where the elevator and annex were one combined unit with a capacity of 166,400 bushels, a 65,800-bushel crib annex that had stood beside an elevator dating from 1926, that had been demolished, increased its total capacity to 232,200 bushels. Opened officially on 30 September 1985, the facility was closed by Agricore United around 2002 and demolished in 2009, having stood for less than 25 years.

Agents / Buyers (Pool A)

Period	Agent / Buyer
1926-1928	A. H. Wilton
1928-1929	S. B. Evans
1929-1946	Archie H. Wilton
1946-1951	Abraham Stewart King (1898-1982)
1951-1972	John Mervin “Jack” Howatt (1907-2005)
1972-1987	E. Brown Andrews
1987-1998	J. W. Garth Stephenson
1998-2002	?

Photos & Coordinates

Aerial view of the Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Glenboro (no date) Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University The Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Glenboro under construction (1985) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Glenboro (July 2007) Source: Bernie Freeman The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Glenboro (2010) Source: Bernie Freeman Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.55446, W99.28741 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Grain Elevators in Canada, compiled by Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada, Winnipeg, 1912-1930, 1930-1953, 1953-1998 [Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries], 1998-2016 [Canadian Grain Commission].

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

We thank Shelagh Poolie (Viterra Inc.) for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Glenn Dickson, and Bernie Freeman.

Page revised: 1 March 2022

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