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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Mercy Street, Selkirk)Link to: A 40,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Selkirk, on the CPR Winnipeg Beach Subdivision, was built in 1948 by Manitoba Pool Elevators. Fully renovated in 1971, a 100,000-bushel crib annex was built beside it in 1976, supplementing a 50,000-bushel balloon annex from 1953. Closed by Agricore in October 2000, the facility was demolished in early April 2002. Agents / Buyers
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Sources:Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University. Obituary [Hector Allan Maclaren], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 March 1960, page 15. “Selkirk elevator shuts down,” Selkirk Journal, 6 November 2000, page 9. “Going down,” Selkirk Journal, 8 April 2002, page 8. Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society. This page was prepared by Matt Bialek and Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 8 August 2019
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