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A wooden grain elevator in Altamont, on the CNR Miami Subdivision in the Municipality of Lorne, was built in 1932 by Federal Grain. Sold to Manitoba Pool in 1972, it closed in 1989 and was demolished sometime between 1995 and 1997.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1932-1938
?
1938-1973
J. Gordon Holliston
1973-1974
Keith Wallace
1974-1978
Terrance A. Spencer
1978-1981
Brian W. Mauthe
1981-1984
Donald J. Brown
1984-1986
Garry Gulak
1987-1987
James Clouston
1987-1987
Robert Maxwell
1987-1987
Tom Messinbird
1987-1989
Clarence Frieze
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Altamont (no date)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Altamont (no date)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.39902, W98.49401
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
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)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Altamont Grain Elevator Monument (Altamont, Municipality of Lorne)
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 May 2021
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