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Manitoba
History
No. 87


War
Memorials
in Manitoba


This Old
Elevator


Abandoned
Manitoba


Memorable
Manitobans


Historic Sites
of Manitoba

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator “B” / Private Grain Elevator (Hartney, Municipality of Grassland)

Link to:
Agents / Buyers | Photos & Maps | 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 & Maps

Aerial view of the grain elevators at Hartney

Aerial view of the grain elevators at Hartney (circa 1988)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Hartney

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Hartney (1990s)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Hartney

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Hartney (August 2014)
Source: Jean McManus

Site Location (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.

Burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jean McManus.

Page revised: 11 October 2018

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