Historic Sites of Manitoba: McCabe Grain Elevator and Seed Cleaning Plant (627 Plinguet Street, Winnipeg)

A 40,000-bushel wooden grain elevator and associated seed cleaning plant at this site on Plinguet Street in Winnipeg was built around 1950 by McCabe Grain. It was later owned by Cargill Grain, until 2015, then sold to a manufacturer of livestock feed.

Former McCabe grain elevator

Former McCabe grain elevator (October 2015)
Source: Jean McManus

Former McCabe grain elevator

Former McCabe grain elevator (October 2015)
Source: Jean McManus

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89461, W97.09867
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Refinery Building / McCabe Grain Elevator and Feed Plant (542 Plinguet Street, Winnipeg)

Manitoba Business: McCabe Elevator Company / McCabe Brothers Grain Company / McCabe Grain Company

Manitoba Business: Cargill Grain

Sources:

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jean McManus.

Page revised: 17 September 2023

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