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Manitoba Business: M and M Construction / Macaw and Macdonald

This Winnipeg-based construction company was founded in 1908 by Arthur Macaw and Robert Johnstone MacDonald.

Building

Location

Year

Status

Island Park Bridge

Portage la Prairie

?

 

Grosvenor Apartments

812 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

 

Cobourg Apartments

883 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

 

Provencher Bridge

Winnipeg

1914-1918

Demolished (?)

Bowsman Union School No. 1273

Bowsman

1926

Demolished (?)

Steel Pony Truss Bridge

Brokenhead River, RM of Brokenhead

1927

 

Highway #10 Concrete Bridge

RM of Whitewater

1929

 

Island Park Bridge

Royal Road, Portage la Prairie

1929

Demolished (2019)

Lac du Bonnet Steel Girder Bridge

RM of Lac du Bonnet

1931

 

St. James Bridge

Winnipeg

1935-1936

 

Selkirk Lift Bridge

Selkirk

1935-1936

 

Omand’s Creek Bridge

Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1936

 

Pine Falls Generating Station

Powerview

1949-1950

 

Red River Bridge

St. Jean

?

 

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Arthur Macaw (1880-1958)

Memorable Manitobans: Robert Johnstone MacDonald (1875-1949)

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 July 2023
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