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A wooden grain elevator at Lavinia, on the CNR Rapid City Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Hamiota, was built in 1909 for Western Canada Flour Mills. Sold in 1940 to Manitoba Pool Elevators, it was closed in 1974 and later demolished.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1940-1941
A. H. Alldred
1941-1942
J. A. Richardson
1942-1947
A. H. Alldred
1947-1948
E. T. Revel
1948-1949
W. Robert White
1949-1965
R. V. McConnell
1965-1968
Wilson R. McQuay
1968-1969
W. A. Bell
1969-1971
Robin David Couvier
1971-1974
Cornelius D. Klassen
1974-1974
Ken Fleming
Aerial view of grain elevators at Lavinia, with Manitoba Pool at right (1956)
Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library, A15528-100Site Location (lat/long): N50.27580, W100.66245
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B (Lavinia, Municipality of Hamiota)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lavinia Monument (Lavinia, Municipality of Hamiota)
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
This page was prepared by Denis Sabourin and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 February 2019
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