Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Grandview, Municipality of Grandview)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator in Grandview, on the CNR Togo Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Grandview, was built in 1950 by Manitoba Pool Elevators. Renovated in 1990, the elevator closed in August 2004 and was sold to Richardson Pioneer in 2008. In late November 2009, the last-remaining elevator in Grandview was demolished.

Agents / Buyers

Period

Agent / Buyer

1925-1946

W. Waters

1946-1954

D. J. Ross

1954-1973

William H. “Bill” Hollier (1908-1990)

1973-1980

Ronald N. Maryniuk

1980-1992

Melvin Lone

1992-1998

Gerald Wilson

1998-2004

?

Photos & Coordinates

Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Grandview

Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Grandview (no date)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)

Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Grandview

Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Grandview (September 1999)
Source: Mike Lisowski

Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Grandview

Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Grandview (2004)
Source: Bernie Freeman

Site Location (lat/long): N51.17426, W100.70291
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Grandview, Municipality of Grandview)

Sources:

Digital orthophotographs, Manitoba Land Initiative, Government of Manitoba.

Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.

“Grandview elevator closes,” Grandview Exponent, 7 September 2004, page 1.

“And down it went,” Grandview Exponent, 24 November 2009, page 1.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Mike Lisowski, and Bernie Freeman.

Page revised: 9 December 2018

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