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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Western Canada Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Springhill, RM of Rosedale)Link to: A wooden grain elevator at Springhill on the CNR Rossburn Subdivision, in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale, was built by Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1958 to replace a previous elevator (built by Western Canada Flour Mills before 1912 and sold in 1940) destroyed by fire on 27 October 1957. It was closed in December 1976 but used for seed storage for several years until at least 1984. It is no longer present at the site. Agents / Buyers
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Sources:Rosedale Remembers: 1884-1984 by Rosedale Centennial Committee, 1984, pages 146-148. Obituary [George Melrose Wilkinson], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 September 1984, page 64. Obituary [Charles Edward McCullough], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 February 1993, page 74. Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Denis Sabourin (Sabourin Geomatics Ltd.), and Joel Bouchard. Page revised: 16 September 2018
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