Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B / Private Grain Elevator (Hartney, Municipality of Grassland)
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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A 30,000-bushel wooden grain elevator in Hartney, on the CPR Estevan Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Grassland, was built in 1969 by Manitoba Pool Elevators, operated as its B elevator. A crib annex was built beside it at a later date. It is now used for private grain storage.
Agents / Buyers
Period
Agent / Buyer
1929-1930
F. E. Wildman
1930-1943
J. S. Free
1943-1949
Duncan E. Kennedy
1949-1968
C. Garnet “Mickey” Lowry (1919-1984)
1968-1970
Edward G. Puhach (Porter)
1970-1975
Roy W. Douglas
1975-1980
W. Cecil Nichol
1980-1992
Gerald R. Wilson
1992-1996
Kyle Trembath
1996-1998
Clint Wells
Photos & Coordinates
Aerial view of the grain elevators at Hartney (circa 1988)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Hartney (1990s)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
Agricore grain elevator at Hartney (1999)
Source: George Penner
The former Agricore grain elevator at Hartney (August 2014)
Source: Jean McManus
The former Agricore grain elevator at Hartney (July 2016)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.47979, W100.52435
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Hartney, Municipality of Grassland)
Sources:
Obituary [C. Garnet Lowry], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 February 1984, page 74.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Jean McManus and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 December 2020
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