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Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator #1 (Griswold, RM of Sifton)

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A wooden grain elevator in Griswold, on the CPR Broadview Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Sifton, was built in 1940 using materials salvaged from several preceding elevators at the site and one demolished at Elliotts Siding south of Virden. A temporary annex was built beside it in 1940, during the Second World War, then torn down in 1947 and replaced by a larger crib-style annex around 1954. The elevator was closed in 1996 and removed from the site.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1912-1949	Robert Edward McCaw (1871-1961)
1949-1979	Irvine Roy Milne (1916-1979)
1979-1985	Don K. Freeman
1985-1996	?

Photos & Maps

The former United Grain Growers grain elevator #1 at Griswold (1966) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) The former United Grain Growers grain elevator #1 at Griswold (1981) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Site Location (lat/long): N49.77470, W100.46883 denoted by symbol on the map above

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Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator #2 (Griswold, RM of Sifton)

Sources:

Obituary [Irvine Roy Milne], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 October 1979, page 46.

United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.

Burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank Lucas McCaw for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jean McManus.

Page revised: 8 April 2019

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