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Fall 2018
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Manitoba
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No. 87


This Old
Elevator


Abandoned
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Memorable
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Historic Sites
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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Russell, Municipality of Russell-Binscarth)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Maps | Sources

A wooden grain elevator in Russell, on the CNR Rossburn Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Russell-Binscarth, was built by Manitoba Pool Elevators in late 1974 and opened officially on 30 January 1975. It closed in 1997 and was sold to local interests but the off-track facility remains in use for private grain storage.

Agents / Buyers

Period

Agent / Buyer

1940-1946

Lester William “Punch” Leifer (1900-1992)

1946-1947

J. Stevens

1947-1950

Lester William “Punch” Leifer (1900-1992)

1950-1951

S. E. Stevens

1951-1965

Lester William “Punch” Leifer (1900-1992)

1965-1983

Larry J. Burgess

1983-1991

Rick J. Hamilton

1991-1995

R. Murray Hagyard

1995-1997

Brent J. Burton

Photos & Maps

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Russell

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Russell (May 2016)
Source: Bernadine Brown

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Russell

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Russell (May 2016)
Source: Bernadine Brown

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Russell

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Russell (June 2018)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Location (lat/long): N50.77880, W101.27778
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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

Burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

Obituary [Lester Leifer], Russell Banner, 7 January 1992, page 9.

We thank Mike Lisowski for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Bernadine Brown.

Page revised: 29 June 2018

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