A wooden grain elevator at Durban, on the CNR Preeceville Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Swan Valley West, was operated by National Grain and sold to Cargill Grain in January 1975. Closed in 2000, it was demolished the following year.
Aerial view of Durban grain elevators (1988)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
Cargill grain elevator at Durban (no date)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Location (lat/long): N51.92998, W101.44121
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Durban, Municipality of Swan Valley West)
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 April 2018
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