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A wooden grain elevator at Millwood, on the CPR Bredenbury Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Russell-Binscarth, was built in 1957 by Manitoba Pool Elevators to replace an earlier elevator destroyed by fire in March 1956, dating from around 1901, built by the Northern Elevator Company. It was closed in July 1971 and later removed from the site. A concrete commemorative monument on the former site of the elevator lists the names of the founding board of directors for the local Pool Association: William McKinnon (President), D. J. Low (Vice-President), Jacob Wondrasek, W. S. Yont, William May, H. K. Bligh, and Carl Bily (Secretary).
Period
Agent / Buyer
1929-1932
George Henry “Dick” Heap (1883-1959)
1932-1934
Byron Bertrand “Bert” Horning (1906-1996)
1934-1940
Raymond Michael McAlinden (c1906-1989)
1940-1942
Walter W. Platz
1942-1946
J. A. Nelin
1946-1947
Orville W. Bulloch
1947-1949
R. C. Richardson
1949-1956
William Vincent “Vince” Barlow (1920-1982)
1956-1957
?
1957-1959
L. Ramsay
1959-1962
D. K. Robins
1962-1965
?
1965-1967
Calvin Magee
1967-1970
Gerald R. Wilson
1970-1971
Colin J. Wilson
Millwood elevator commemorative monument (May 2019)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Location (lat/long): N50.69230, W101.40534
denoted by symbol on the map above
Birth registrations [Byron Bertrand Horning, William Vincent Barlow], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [George Henry Heap, Annie Christina Wondrasek], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Byron Bertrand Horning, Emily Ulmer], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Millwood elevator destroyed by fire,” Russell Banner, 15 March 1956, page 1.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Obituary [William Vincent Barlow], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 March 1982, page 56.
Obituary [Raymond Michael McAlinden], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 March 1989, page 53.
Byron Bertrand “Bert” Horning, FindAGrave.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank John Burt for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 February 2024
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