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A wooden grain elevator in Greenway, on the CNR Carman Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Argyle, was built in 1927 by United Grain Growers. An annex was built beside it in 1940. Closed in 1971, the facility was demolished in early 1973.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1917-1918
Ira Donald Craik (1890-1981)
1918-1920
A. Vickers
1920-1923
A. H. Johnston
1924-1925
Ira Donald Craik (1890-1981)
1925-1931
John Mason Hedley (1893-1970)
1931-1960
Thomas Rendall Hedley (1897-1968)
1960-1967
Charles Joseph “Charlie” DeStoop (1921-1997)
1967-1968
Robert A. “Bob” Scott
1968
C. K. Sinclair
1968-1971
Charles Joseph “Charlie” DeStoop (1921-1997)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Greenway (1968)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Greenway (1968)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Location (lat/long): N49.36607, W99.11827
denoted by symbol on the map above
United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
Obituary [Thomas Rendall Hedley], Brandon Sun, 10 June 1968, page 13.
Obituary [John Mason Hedley], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 December 1970, page 24.
“Here and there,” Baldur Gazette, 28 February 1973, page 6.
Obituary [Ira Donald Craik], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 March 1981, page 51.
Obituary [Charles Joseph DeStoop], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 December 1997, page 53.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jeff Schneider.
Page revised: 11 May 2019
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