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Val Marie, Saskatchewan, 1924 Alberta Pacific elevator. [4] Historic (Private-museum); Alberta Central Railway Museum, a railway museum with an historic 1906 Alberta Grain Co. elevator moved from Hobbema. The elevator is known to be Alberta's second-oldest grain elevator. Raley, Alberta, oldest grain elevator in Alberta a 1904-1905 Alberta ...
Port Perry – formerly Curries Grain Elevator(1873)and A.Ross and son, Port Perry. Canada's oldest grain elevator or granary still stands as a sentinel on the edge of the Queen Street, Port Perry, Scugog the prestige shopping district on the shores of Lake Scugog. A must see for all old mill and grain elevator enthusiasts.
The Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre is a set of restored grain elevators located in Nanton, Alberta, Canada. The centre's goal is to preserve examples of old grain elevators to educate visitors about the town's, and Alberta's, agricultural history.
The Alberta Pacific elevator at Raley was the first of a number of elevators operating by 1911. It is the only one that has survived, probably because it is now in private hands. By 1911 there were two other elevators at Raley, one was a 30,000 bushel elevator built by A.G. Robertson and the other a 15,000 bushel elevator operated by Sunny Belt ...
1913 Alberta Farmers Co-operative elevator in early 2010. The 35,000-imperial-bushel (1,300 m 3), 31 × 42 × 65 feet (9.4 × 12.8 × 19.8 m) Alberta Farmers' Co-operative elevator was built in 1913. Before its demolition, it was one of the two oldest examples of standard Alberta Farmers' Elevator Company 1913–1917 design.
The Spruce Grove and District Agricultural Society stepped in to prevent the demolition of the last elevator, buying it from Alberta Wheat Pool for a $1 along with the 1 acre (4,000 m 2) that the elevator sits on for $35,000. Through donations to the Spruce Grove and District Agricultural Society, they are able to fund the upkeep of this elevator.
The Reading grain plant, located at 19948 McCall Ave., has been around since 1946, said CEO Matt Ashton, and has served the area ... Reading's New Vision grain elevator getting a facelift Skip to ...
The wheat pools were successful grain traders and marketers from 1923 to 1929. During the Great Depression, however, huge losses forced them out of the grain marketing business. They persisted as grain elevator operators but after 1935 all grain marketing in Canada shifted to a new government agency, Canadian Wheat Board.