Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator A (Roblin, Municipality of Roblin)

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A wooden grain elevator at Roblin, on the CNR Togo Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Roblin, was built in 1925 by Manitoba Pool Elevators. Known as Pool A or Pool No. 1 (because a local pool association was the first to be formed in Manitoba), in 1968 an 18-bin crib annex was built beside it to replace a balloon annex. Demolished in May 1986, the Pool C elevator (built in 1951 next to Pool B) was moved to this site, beside the crib annex, and fully renovated with a digital scale and double legs. Two steel tanks were added in the late 1980s or early 1990s. The elevator closed in 1998 and was demolished in August 1999, following the opening of a nearby concrete elevator that was built as a joint project between Manitoba Pool and Pioneer Grain, known as Prairie Mountain Agri. It was the last wooden elevator in Roblin.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1925-1927	David Morfitt
1927-1928	A. Anderson
1928-1929	A. C. Matthews
1929-1946	R. Rusk
1946-1952	T. W. McGill
1952-1953	George Edgar Levins (1913-?)
1953-1975	Lawrence A. Dietrich
1975-1986	Leonard Louis “Len” Maiers (1929-2014)
1986-1998	Richard Dereniwski

Photos & Coordinates

Grain elevators at Roblin (left to right): Pool B, Pool C, National B, National A, Pool A (October 1962) Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Manitoba Cooperator, WCPI Manitoba Pool grain elevator A at Roblin (1954) Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Manitoba Cooperator, WCPI Grain elevators at Roblin (left to right): Cargill B and Pool C/A (1994) Source: George Penner Grain elevators at Roblin (left to right): Pool C/A and Cargill B (May 1998) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.22970, W101.35199 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: British America Grain Elevator / National Grain Elevator A / Cargill Grain Elevator A (Roblin, Municipality of Roblin)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Northern Grain Elevator / National Grain Elevator B / Cargill Grain Elevator B (Roblin, Municipality of Roblin)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Alberta Pacific Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B (Roblin, Municipality of Roblin)

Sources:

“Roblin skyline to change,” Roblin Review, 11 March 1986, pages 1, 12.

“Cargill fells 80 year old elevator,” Roblin Review, 20 May 1986, page 1.

“Goodbye Pool No 1,” Roblin Review, 10 August 1999, page 3.

Obituary [Leonard Louis Maiers], NairnChyz-Wolkowski Funeral Service.

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

We thank David Maiers for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 9 December 2019

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