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Manitoba Business: British America Elevator Company
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This Winnipeg-based company was established in August 1906 as a Canadian subsidiary of the Peavey Elevator Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It began building country elevators at stations of the Canadian Northern Railway in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. In June 1940, the firm merged with the Northern Elevator Company and National Elevator Company, both of which were owned by Peavey, to form a single administrative entity known as the National Grain Company.
Presidents
Period
President
1906-?
F. T. Heffelfinger
Vice-Presidents
Period
Vice-President
1906-1936
Robert Thomas Evans (1873-1936)
1936-1940
Robert Russell “Russ” Emerson (1894-1987)
General Managers
Period
General Manager
1906-?
Elbert Walter Kneeland (1866-1941)
Country Elevators (Manitoba)
Location
Rail
Opened
Closed
Capacity
(bushels)Comments
Alonsa
1923
1931
30,000
Angusville
1908
25,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
Ashville
c1912
25,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
c1912
25,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
Birdtail
c1918
1928
30,000
Birnie
c1912
1926
25,000
Butler
c1912
1920
25,000
Cromer
c1912
1929
25,000
c1912
1926
25,000
Sold to UGG (1928)
Durban
c1912
37,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
Endcliffe
c1912
1924
37,000
Ethelbert
1913
30,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
Kenville
c1912
1933
25,000
Kilty
1923
1930
30,000
Makaroff
c1912
1930
50,000
c1909
37,000
Annex (1909), merged into National Grain (1940)
c1912
1912
25,000
1907
35,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
1912
50,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
Ste. Rose du Lac
1923
1925
30,000
Shellmouth
1909
37,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
1923
30,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
Sifton
c1912
25,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
Silverton
c1912
37,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
Swan River
c1912
25,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
Valley River
1923
30,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
Woodnorth
c1912
37,000
Merged into National Grain (1940)
Sources:
“Elevators for the west,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 August 1906, page 9.
“British American Elevator Co., Ltd.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 December 1907, page 28.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 October 2021
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