A monument in Altamont, on the CNR Miami Subdivision in the Municipality of Lorne, commemorates local grain elevators and the men who operated them.
Aerial view of Altamont with the Manitoba Pool (right) and United Grain Growers (left) elevators (June 1992) by John Everitt
Source: Everitt Collection, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University, JCE-0995.
Altamont Elevator Monument (September 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Altamont Elevator Monument (September 2023)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.39940, W98.49526
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Altamont, Municipality of Lorne)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator 1 (Altamont, Municipality of Lorne)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ogilvie Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator 2 (Altamont, Municipality of Lorne)
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and John Everitt.
Page revised: 26 November 2023
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