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A wooden grain elevator at Bowsman, on the CNR Erwood Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman, was built in 1952 by Searle Grain. It was sold to Federal Grain in 1966 and to Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1972 then demolished in September 1983.
Searle grain elevators A at right and B at left (1961)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
Searle grain elevators A at left and B at right (1962)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Location (lat/long): N52.23521, W101.21105
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator A (Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B (Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator C (Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Northern Grain Elevator / Canada West Grain Elevator / Searle Grain Elevator A / Federal Grain Elevator 1 / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator D (Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator 1 (Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator 2 (Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)
“After the fall,” Swan Valley Star and Times, 15 September 1983, page 4.
“Bowsman district news,” Swan Valley Star and Times, 6 October 1983, page 16.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 January 2022
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