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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Rathwell, Municipality of Norfolk Treherne)Link to: A 40,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Rathwell, on the CPR Glenboro Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne, was built by Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1928 for a local cooperative association. In the early 1950s, an annex increased its storage capacity to 55,700 bushels then a new annex in 1968 increased it to 117,800 bushels. The facility was traded to United Grain Growers in 1990. Closed around 2000, it was demolished in 2001. Agents / Buyers
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Sources:Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archive, Brandon University. We thank Shelagh Poolie (Viterra Inc.) and George Penner for providing additional information used here. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 10 October 2020
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