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A 35,000-bushel elevator at Wellwood, on the CPR Varcoe Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, was constructed by the Manitoba government between 1912 and 1919, and purchased by United Grain Growers in 1924. Annexes built in 1950 and 1955 increased its total capacity to 115,000 bushels. A balloon annex present in 1964 had been removed by 1972. Closed in April 1975, the elevator was replaced by a new elevator at Petrel. Sold to local farmers, it was used for storing and drying grain in the 1980s but was demolished in 1990.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1912-1915
Allan James Grant
1915-1918
Sam Arbuckle
1918-1922
Allan James Grant
1922-1923
Edgar Frank Wall
1923-1924
Francis I. A. Klugh
1924-1956
Edgar Frank Wall
1956-1962
W. L. Ross
1962-1970
O. E. Hewitt
1970-1975
Joe Irwin
1975
Hugh Rankmore
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Wellwood (1964)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Wellwood (1972)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Wellwood (1972)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Wellwood (1972)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Coordinates (lat/long): NW
denoted by symbol on the map above
“Wellwood success story,” Brandon Sun, 22 January 1981, page 4.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 October 2021
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