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A wooden grain elevator at Benito, on the CNR Preeceville Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Swan Valley West, was built in 1937 by United Grain Growers to replace an elevator destroyed by fire on 3 June 1937. Temporary balloon annexes were constructed beside it in 1940 and 1941, and crib annexes were added in 1948 and 1956. Closed in July 1997, the facility was demolished later that year.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1931-1936
H. A. Moore
1936-1940
C. H. Myers
1940-1948
William Gresson Winslow (1908-1991)
1948-1952
Ralph Norman “Pinky” Herd (1918-1982)
1952-1955
Lorne W. McKinnon
1955-1959
W. Stewart Cox
1959-1984
Phil Waldbauer
1984-1997
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Elevator row at Benito (1962)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Benito (1962)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Benito (1972)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Benito (1972)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Location (lat/long): N51.91273, W101.54591
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevators A & B (Benito, Municipality of Swan Valley West)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: British America Grain Elevator / National Grain Elevator / Federal Grain Elevator 2 / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator C (Benito, Municipality of Swan Valley West)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Searle Grain Elevator / Federal Grain Elevator 1 / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator D (Benito, Municipality of Swan Valley West)
“UGG slated for closure,” Swan Valley Star and Times, 16 July 1997, page 1.
United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Denis Sabourin.
Page revised: 15 February 2019
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