A wooden grain elevator in Gretna, on the CPR Gretna Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Rhineland, was operated by Henry Ritz & Company. It was removed from the site in the 1990s.
Aerial view of the Gretna grain elevators (1980s)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
Henry Ritz grain elevator A at Gretna (June 1992)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2219.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.00724, W97.56088
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Henry Ritz (1858-1945)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Henry Ritz Grain Elevator B (Seventh Street, Gretna, Municipality of Rhineland)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Gretna, Municipality of Rhineland)
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 May 2021
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