Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Delmar Commodities Grain Elevator (Jordan, RM of Roland)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at the Jordan siding on the CNR Miami Subdivision, in the Rural Municipality of Roland, was built around 1912 by the Manitoba Elevator Commission on land purchased from local farmer John Jordan (1854-1943). Sold to the Grain Growers Grain Company (later United Grain Growers), the elevator was sold to a local cooperative, part of the Manitoba Pool Elevators network, in 1928. It was torn down in 1951 and replaced by a new 60,000-bushel wooden elevator. A crib annex completed in 1960 increased its capacity to 133,500 bushels. Closed on 31 July 1996, the facility was sold to Delmar Commodities, which replaced the elevator spouts. The adjacent railway line was closed in 2006 and the rails were removed the following year.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1928-1946	Arnold Lewarton
1946-1970	Matt Gibb
1970-1993	Marcel J. Thevenot
1993-1994	Dennis Hague
1994-1996	Dean Charles

Photos & Coordinates

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Jordan (no date) Source: Julie Harris Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Jordan (July 1992) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2155. Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Jordan (July 1992) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2154. Delmar Commodities grain elevator at Jordan (August 1999) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Delmar Commodities grain elevator at Jordan (August 2005) Source: Bernie Freeman Delmar Commodities grain elevator at Jordan (September 2016) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Delmar Commodities grain elevator at Jordan (July 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Location (lat/long): N49.37015, W98.00415 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank Julie Harris for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Bernie Freeman.

Page revised: 30 July 2020

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