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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Kenville, Municipality of Swan Valley West)Link to: A 50,000-bushel elevator at Kenville, on the CNR Preeceville Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Swan Valley West, was built in 1928 by Manitoba Pool on behalf of a local association. Increased in 1940 to 80,000 bushels with an annex made from a former elevator, a second crib annex was added in 1965, by which time its total capacity was 152,000 bushels. Closed around 1997, it was demolished between August and September 1999. Agents / Buyers
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Sources:Obituary [Harvey Gilbert Somers], Grandview Exponent, 22 November 2011, page 9. Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University. “Elevator down,” Swan Valley Star and Times, 7 September 1999, page 2. Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society. We thank Bonnie Kasper and Glenn Dickson for providing additional information used here. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 12 September 2021
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