Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Deloraine, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A 105,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Deloraine, on the CPR Napinka Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester, was built by United Grain Growers in 1960, on the site of a former mill and power plant. It opened officially on 12 December 1960. A 100,000-bushel crib annex was built beside it in June 1976. Operated by Agricore United from 2001 to 2007, it was closed in the spring of 2007 and demolished in mid-2010.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1961-1969	Harold Watts
1969-1971	Keith Johnston
1971-1976	John Leppington
1976-1996	Daryl Lamont
1996-1998	Daryl Fisher
2001-2007	Kelly Wells

Photos & Coordinates

United Grain Growers grain elevator at Deloraine (1962) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) United Grain Growers grain elevator at Deloraine (1971) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.19317, W100.49719 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Paterson Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator A (Deloraine, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ogilvie Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B (Deloraine, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Federal Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator C (Deloraine, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator D (Deloraine, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

Sources:

Deloraine Scans a Century by Deloraine History Book Committee, 1980, page 195.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Mike Lisowski, Janice McClelland, and Judy Wells.

Page revised: 15 June 2020

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