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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Harding, RM of Wallace-Woodworth)
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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A 30,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Harding, on the CPR Lenore Subdivision in what is now the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth, was constructed in 1929 by Manitoba Pool Elevators, on behalf of a local association, on the site of a former elevator purchased by the association then demolished. In 1968, facing repair costs of some $20,000, the association sold the elevator back to Pool on assurances that it would undertake the work. An economic analysis by the company indicated the return from a repaired elevator was not warranted so it was closed on 31 July 1971 and dismantled. The lumber was moved to Shoal Lake to build a new elevator there in 1973. That elevator was destroyed by a grass fire in April 1980.
Agents / Buyers
Period
Agent / Buyer
1929-1930
William Percival “Percy” Waters (c1906-1953)
1930-1942
David Kirkpatrick
1942-1951
Allan J. M. Hill (1914-1962)
1951-1965
Abraham Stewart King (1898-1982)
1965-1968
David J. Reynolds
1968-1969
Ronald N. Maryniuk
1969-1971
Ken R. Spencer
1971
Marvin M. Kowalchuk
Photos & Coordinates
Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Harding (1964)
Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library, A18597-51
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Harding (August 1948)
Source: Manitoba Co-operator Collection, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Harding (no date)
Source: Manitoba Co-operator Collection, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon UniversitySite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.98960, W100.53590
denoted by symbol on the map above
Sources:
“City accountant, W. P. Waters dies at 46 years,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 January 1953, page 24.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Denis Sabourin (Denis Sabourin Geomatics).
Page revised: 1 March 2022
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