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
A wooden grain elevator in Glenboro, on the CPR Glenboro Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress, was built by Manitoba Pool Elevators between November 1984 and Marsh 1985, replacing an older elevator from 1926. It was opened officially on 30 September 1985. Closed around 2002, it was demolished in 2009.
Agents / Buyers (Pool A)
Period
Agent / Buyer
1926-1928
A. H. Wilton
1928-1929
S. B. Evans
1929-1946
Archie H. Wilton
1946-1951
A. S. King
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 FreemanSite 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: 14 July 2020
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