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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A 34,000-bushel wooden grain elevator on a farm in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie was built at Oakville around 1902 by Ogilvie Flour Mills. An annex was built beside it in 1951, increasing its total capacity to 62,000 bushels. Sold around 1960 to Manitoba Pool Elevators, it became known as “Pool B” at this site. The elevator operated with its own agent until 1972 and was closed in 1975. The building was moved about two miles east of Oakville where it is used for private grain storage. It was demolished in March 2019.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1960-1964
J. R. Patton
1964-1965
Ernest Cecil Wedgewood (1918-1998)
1965-1968
Donald A. Frohwerk
1969-1972
Gary R. Small
Manitoba Pool B grain elevator at Oakville (1968)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Rural, Oakville 6.
Former Manitoba Pool B grain elevator near Oakville (June 2007)
Source: Bernie Freeman
Former Manitoba Pool B grain elevator near Oakville (July 2010)
Source: Morgan Turney
Former Manitoba Pool B grain elevator near Oakville (April 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Former Manitoba Pool B grain elevator near Oakville (September 2017)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Former Manitoba Pool B grain elevator near Oakville (October 2017)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93370, W97.96739
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator A / Private Grain Elevator (Oakville, RM of Portage la Prairie)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Oakville, RM of Portage la Prairie)
Obituary [Ernest Cecil Wedgewood], Brandon Sun, 7 August 1998, page 32.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
We thank Morgan Turney, Bernie Freeman, Steve Boyko, and Dennis Galbraith for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 December 2024
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