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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Treherne, Municipality of Norfolk Treherne)
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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A wooden grain elevator at Treherne, on the CPR Glenboro Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne, was built in 1928 by Manitoba Pool Elevators. Renovations were made in 1954 and an annex was built beside it between 1976 and 1977. Closed in the late 1990s or early 2000s, it was demolished in 2003.
Agents / Buyers
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1934
Robert Howard Preston (1889-1969)
1934-1960
G. F. Willett
1960-1967
Paul E. Dupasquier
1967-1987
J. W. Garth Stephenson
1987-1997
Wesley Burtle
1997-2001
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Photos & Coordinates
The Manitoba Pool A grain elevator at Treherne in the background with Paterson and UGG elevators in the foreground (1981)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
Manitoba Pool A grain elevator at Treherne (no date)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
Manitoba Pool A grain elevator at Treherne (no date)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Treherne (July 1992)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 1995.
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Treherne (no date)
Source: John FriesenSite Location (lat/long): N49.63009, W98.70194
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Paterson Grain Elevator (Treherne, Municipality of Norfolk Treherne)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Treherne, Municipality of Norfolk Treherne)
Sources:
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Digital orthophotographs, Manitoba Land Initiative, Government of Manitoba.
“All gone,” Glenboro Gazette, 29 April 2003, page 2.
We thank Shelagh Poolie (Viterra Inc.) and John Friesen for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Glenn Dickson.
Page revised: 18 January 2020
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