This metal-clad elevator on Centre Avenue West in Carman was built in the mid-1960s. It sold the Elephant Brand of fertilizer, manufactured by the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada (Cominco). It is believed to be one of only two surviving fertilizer elevators in Manitoba.
Elephant Brand fertilizer elevator at Carman (March 2022)
Source: George JamesSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.50892, W98.00896
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Elephant Brand Fertilizer Elevator (Sixth Street, Hamiota, Municipality of Hamiota)
This page was prepared by George James and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 June 2022
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