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A 40,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Fairfax, on the CNR Hartney Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Grassland, was built in 1928 by Manitoba Pool Elevators. In 1951, its capacity was increased with the addition of a balloon annex. Renovated in 1966, the elevator was closed in June 1981 and traded to Paterson Grain. It was demolished in 2000 along with the other Paterson elevator at this point.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1931
W. J. Pringle
1931-1932
?
1932-1960
A. T. Kennedy
1960-1965
George Edgar Levins (1913-?)
1965-1966
Donald A. Frohwerk
1966-1972
George Hudson Reid (1907-1998)
1972-1978
Byron Douglas Mason
1978
Donald T. Leadbeater
1978-1980
Robin David Couvier
1980-1981
Jeff Cannon
The grain elevators of Fairfax with United Grain Growers at left, Paterson in centre, and Manitoba Pool at right (1971)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
The grain elevators of Fairfax with United Grain Growers at left, Paterson in centre, and Manitoba Pool at right (March 1986)
Source: Stuckey Collection 1-2002.3.3.BSW[335], S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Fairfax with the Paterson elevator at right (1999)
Source: George Penner
The Paterson grain elevators at Fairfax with the former Manitoba Pool elevator at right (October 1999)
Source: Mike LisowskiSite Location (lat/long): N49.43514, W100.13067
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Paterson Grain Elevator (Fairfax, Municipality of Grassland)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: McCabe Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B / Paterson Grain Elevator (Fairfax, Municipality of Grassland)
A19905-15 (1967), Manitoba Air Photo Library.
Obituary [George Hudson Reid], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 April 1998, page 50.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Mike Lisowski, and George Penner.
Page revised: 19 April 2021
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