Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Gunton, RM of Rockwood)
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A wooden grain elevator at Gunton, on the CPR Arborg Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, was built in September 1951, replacing one destroyed by fire on 24 July 1951. It closed in July 1984 and was removed from the site.
Agents / Buyers
Period |
Agent / Buyer |
1920-1921 |
R. Hill |
1921-1923 |
J. W. Dowsett |
1923-1924 |
G. A. Lawrence |
1924-1925 |
F. I. Klugh |
1925-1927 |
A. A. Bulmer |
1927-1928 |
J. S. Mann |
1928-1929 |
Frederick James “Fred” Hedley (1900-1972) |
1929-1931 |
Thomas Rendall Hedley (1897-1968) |
1931-1932 |
John Mason Hedley (1893-1970) |
1932-1933 |
Spence Thoms |
1933-1935 |
Elevator closed |
1935-1937 |
William Milne |
1937-1938 |
N. L. McLean |
1938-1940 |
C. W. Robertson |
1940-1941 |
V. Humbert |
1941-1948 |
H. V. Clendenning |
1948-1951 |
F. Schroeder |
1951-1952 |
W. Ken Loney |
1952-1980 |
Ralph Norman “Pinky” Herd (1918-1982) |
1980-1982 |
Jeffrey P. Zboril |
1982-1984 |
Ross K. Nichol |
Photos & Maps
Sources:
Teulon West topographic map, 62I/6 West, Edition 2, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].
United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Glenn Dickson.
Page revised: 11 December 2016
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