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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (South Railway Avenue, Waskada, Municipality of Brenda-Waskada)Link to: A wooden grain elevator at Waskada, on the CPR Lyleton Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Brenda-Waskada, was built in September 1961 by Manitoba Pool Elevators to replace an elevator destroyed by fire on 16 June 1961. Its Pool corporate emblem was removed when it became part of the short-lived Agricore then closed around 2000. The Agricore signage remained on the building at the time of a 2018 site visit. It is no longer served by a railway line. Agents / Buyers
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Sources:“Students grab buckets to help save Waskada,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 June 1961, page 33. Obituary [William Thomas Fraser], Russell Banner, 3 February 1972, page 8. Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University. We thank Jean McManus and George Penner for providing additional information used here. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 17 February 2023
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