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A wooden grain elevator at Cracknell, on the CPR Russell Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Riding Mountain West, was built in 1922 the Matheson-Lindsay Grain Company. It was sold to the Province Elevator Company in 1928 and Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1948. A new crib annex was built beside it in 1953. The elevator and annex were sold to United Grain Growers in 1966, becoming its second elevator at this site. Closed in September 1973, the elevator was later demolished.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1922-1948
?
1948-1949
Walter W. Platz
1949-1952
J. E. Lazaruk
1952-1956
J. Gaber
1956-1962
Lloyd Henry Hackman (1922-1991)
1962-1963
W. B. Gordon
1963-1964
Arthur Mansell
1964-1965
Danny Osatchuk
1965-1966
Russell D. “Russ” Ellis
After 1966
Aerial view of grain elevators at Cracknell (1969)
Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library, A19493-47
Grain elevators at Cracknell with UGG #1 at left, Manitoba Pool at centre, and Paterson at right (1961)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at right and Paterson grain elevator at left (1962)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator #2 at right and Paterson grain elevator at left (1971)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator #2 at Cracknell (1971)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Location (lat/long): N50.86375, W101.24084
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Cracknell, Municipality of Riding Mountain West)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Paterson Grain Elevator (Cracknell, Municipality of Riding Mountain West)
This page was prepared by Denis Sabourin and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 July 2020
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