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A grain elevator at Tenby, on the CNR Gladstone Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne, was built in 1952 by United Grain Growers. Closed in 1977, it was sold to a local farmer then re-sold to Cargill Grain in 1978, which modernized and operated it until 1999. Having a capacity of 67,000 bushels, with an associated wooden annex and several steel granaries, it was demolished in early 1999.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1917-1918
J. G. Leary
1918-1928
J. B. Wallace
1928-1933
A. M. Raven
1933-1954
A. J. Harris
1954-1956
W. Ken Loney
1956-1977
Leslie Gordon “Les” Denbow (c1922-1978)
1977-1999
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United Grain Growers grain elevator at Tenby (1961)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Tenby (1972)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.50224, W99.13355
denoted by symbol on the map above
Legacies of Lansdowne: A Sequel by RM of Lansdowne History Committee, 1984, page 50. [Legislative Library of Manitoba, F5648.L36 Leg]
United Grain Growers Fonds, MSS76, Box 60, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
Obituary [Leslie Gordon Denbow], Brandon Sun, 27 June 1978, page 14.
“Elevator expanded,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 September 1978, page 77.
“Tenby elevator to close” by Allan Drysdale, Neepawa Banner, 13 February 1999, page 1.
We thank Ron Tibble and Glenn Dickson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 October 2021
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