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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Western Canada Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Springhill, RM of Rosedale)
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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
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
Period
Agent / Buyer
c1912-1940
Frederick G. McClure
1940-1941
Charles Edward “Charlie” McCullough (c1914-1993)
1941-1953
George Melrose Wilkinson (1915-1984)
1953-1957
J. Keith Wilson
1957-1967
Ernie Gordon Lillie (1902-1982)
1967-1976
William Bruce Johnson
Photos & Coordinates
Aerial photo of the Springhill elevator site (1964)
Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library
The Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Springhill (no date)
Source: Joel BouchardSite Location (lat/long): N50.28900, W99.58257
denoted by symbol on the map above
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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