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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 1921 by Paterson Grain, using materials salvaged from an older elevator at Sintaluta, Saskatchewan. A new crib annex was built in 1952 and, eight years later, a new balloon annex was made using material salvaged from an elevator at Madill. It was closed in 2000 and later demolished.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1922
H. M. Hansen
1923-1925
R. C. McLennan
1926-1929
A. Clarke
1930-1934
J. F. McLennan
1935-2000
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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)
Paterson grain elevator at Cracknell (September 1999)
Source: Mike LisowskiSite Location (lat/long): N50.86327, W101.24076
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: Province Grain Elevator / Reliance Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator 2 (Cracknell, Municipality of Riding Mountain West)
John Everitt Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
This page was prepared by Denis Sabourin and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 July 2020
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