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A 40,000-bushel elevator at Carberry was built by the Reliance Grain Company in 1938, replacing an earlier elevator half its size. Sold to Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1948, the elevator was re-sold to United Grain Growers later that year. Converted to special crops storage in 1978, its declining condition warranted demolition in April 1983. To commemorate the elevator and the grain industry in Carberry, the company constructed a fieldstone cairn at a nearby site.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1957
James “Jim” Howie (1886-1967)
1957-1978
Norman L. Johnson
1978-1983
Garth Brister
Former United Grain Growers grain elevator at Carberry (1961)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Coordinates (lat/long): NW
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Carberry Grain Monument (Fourth Avenue, Carberry)
Obituary [James Howie], Brandon Sun, 25 January 1967, page 17.
United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 October 2021
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