A wooden grain elevator in Hartney, on the CPR Estevan Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Grassland, was built in late 1963 by United Grain Growers, replacing an earlier elevator. It is no longer present at the site.
Aerial view of the grain elevators at Hartney (circa 1988)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Hartney (1963)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Hartney (1971)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.48202, W100.52173
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Hartney, Municipality of Grassland)
United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 May 2021
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