Historic Sites of Manitoba: Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Stead, RM of Alexander)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator in Stead, on the CNR Pine Falls Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Alexander, was operated by the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society. It was sold to Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1973, closed in December 1974, and later removed from the site.

Agents / Buyers

Period

Agent / Buyer

1973-1974

I. T. Howard

Photos & Coordinates

Aerial view of the grain elevator at Stead

Aerial view of the grain elevator at Stead (1970)
Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library, A21932-150

Site Location (lat/long): N50.42851, W96.44962
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Grain Elevators in Canada, compiled by Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada, Winnipeg, 1912-1930, 1930-1953, 1953-1998 [Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries], 1998-2016 [Canadian Grain Commission].

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Denis Sabourin (Denis Sabourin Geomatics).

Page revised: 26 October 2018

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