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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.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1947
A. Ferguson
1947-1984
Don R. Charles
1984-1988
Robert “Bob” Dalrymple
1988-1990
Don Hunt
1990-2000
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Aerial view of the grain elevators at Rathwell, with UGG 2 at left, UGG 1 in middle, and Manitoba Pool at right (1980s)
Source: Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
The Manitoba Pool grain elevator with its balloon annex at Rathwell, with UGG 1 and Paterson (later UGG 2) at left (1964)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Rathwell (June 1999)
Source: George PennerSite Location (lat/long): N49.64554, W98.54853
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Paterson Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator 2 (Rathwell, Municipality of Norfolk Treherne)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator 1 (Rathwell, Municipality of Norfolk Treherne)
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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