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For the term "grain elevator".
Buffalo Slope Elevator

Grain Elevators of Magrath

…but it burned down some years back. The “Buffalo” Elevator in Magrath Alberta. Next in line through time, is another wood elevator dating form around 1937 (the wood annex, we’re not sure). It was built for Alberta Pacific Grain, a company with a decent sized network of grain handling points… (Search hits: 2 in title, 60 in body, 13 in comments.)

Grain Elevators Turin AB

Grain Elevators of Turin Alberta

…the engaging write ups and pictures…you two are a national treasure!” Bonnie & Gerald McDonald. Another comparison that used a photo from Harry… Downtown Viking Alberta (w Harry Palmer). Did someone say grain elevators… Grain Elevators of Arrowwood Alberta (x2). Grain Elevators at Carbon Alberta. For Jim… A tribute to… (Search hits: 2 in title, 60 in body, 0 in comments.)

Wrentham grain elevator

Ogilvie grain elevator Wrentham Alberta

…extra capacity as business increased. Many surviving wood-cribbed grain elevators today, it seems, have one of these ancillary structures attached to them. Most are wood, some are made of steel bins. A 1940s photo of the elevator shows a smaller annex located where the current one is. On the elevator’s… (Search hits: 2 in title, 57 in body, 6 in comments.)

40 foot boxcar

Shaunavon SK – railyards and grain elevators

…inherited when they took over other grain companies. Recall, we mentioned there were once many other elevators here besides those belonging to the Pool and the firms that operated them included (variously): Alberta Pacific Grain, Federal Grain, Pioneer Grain, Searle Grain and a bunch of smaller outfits. In the old… (Search hits: 2 in title, 48 in body, 12 in comments.)

Arrowwood AB Grain Elevator

Grain Elevators of Arrowwood Alberta (x2)

…It’s a former Alberta Wheat Pool facility, earlier Federal Grain, earlier still Alberta Pacific Grain and acquired by P&H in the 1980s. The white elevator once belonged to United Grain Growers, but the company closed it in the 1970s. We don’t know the lineage much afterwards but suspect it got… (Search hits: 2 in title, 49 in body, 0 in comments.)

Herronton AB railway

Grain elevators and ghosts southeast of Calgary.

…The track here is intact, rare for an abandoned rail line. The burnt remains of the Farrow elevator which was standing (barely) until recently. The elevator ramp. Bricks from the site. A rocker arm shaft from the elevator’s engine. The Herronton grain elevator seen from Farrow. Nothing much remains of… (Search hits: 2 in title, 46 in body, 2 in comments.)

De Winton Grain Elevator

Grain Elevators of DeWinton

…ones in particular, is often hit or miss. In DeWinton Alberta hunting grain elevators. Not unlike most vintage grain elevators on the Canadian Plains. it follows a fairly standard pattern and is built of 2x6s laid flat, tied together by huge beams and a billion nails. Talk about being overbuilt!… (Search hits: 2 in title, 43 in body, 4 in comments.)

Creston British Columbia Elevators

Creston BC Grain Elevators

…rails sorta shiny. The elevator siding must have been pulled up a loooong time ago. The #3 Highway runs right past the two structures. You can’t miss them if passing through Creston. The elevator in nearby Wynndel before it fell… Wynndel BC Grain Elevator. More grain elevators… Bashaw Processors. Prairie… (Search hits: 2 in title, 38 in body, 14 in comments.)

Brant Alberta Elevator

Brant’s Last Grain Elevator

…firm that originally owned the building was called Home Grain, founded in 1914. At their peak they had a good sized network of rural grain elevators scattered across the prairies. In 1929 the firm was absorbed by the Searle Grain Company (founded 1921) along with a couple other firms –… (Search hits: 2 in title, 34 in body, 1 in comments.)

Carbon Alberta Road

Grain Elevators at Carbon Alberta

elevators in the 1990s… Prairie Sentinels – Carbon Alberta Then & Now time!… Main Street Slocan BC – What a change! Wrentham Alberta 25 Years Apart – More grain elevators. East Coulee Alberta then and now – Down at the Atlas Mine (there’s a grain elevator too). Something to say… (Search hits: 2 in title, 33 in body, 3 in comments.)

Raley AB elevator

Alberta’s oldest grain elevator

…no evidence of them. Today, a couple farms are located nearby. Another grain elevator still in Alberta Pacific colours, also abandoned, is located in Dorothy Alberta in the Red Deer River Valley near Drumheller. Only two other pre-1910 grain elevators exist in Alberta as of 2013. One is in DeWinton… (Search hits: 2 in title, 28 in body, 28 in comments.)

Lyalta grain elevator

Buffalo 2000 grain elevator Lyalta Alberta

…this to a co-worker who is a big fan of grain elevators. ChrisBigDoer It is a very cool grain elevator. Ross Jr. Hi there, I enjoy reading through your blog. I wanted to write a little comment to support you. My father was a cement worker on the Lyalta elevator (Search hits: 2 in title, 28 in body, 11 in comments.)

S Brown elevator Azure

Azure grain elevator

grain elevators, we’ve explored, follow these links… Alberta’s oldest grain elevator. Dorothy Alberta, the little grain elevator in the valley. If you wish more information on this place, by all means contact us! Date of adventure: September 2012. Location: South of High River Alberta. _________________________ BIGDoer.com: Doing it Different! Something… (Search hits: 2 in title, 28 in body, 1 in comments.)

Wynndel grain elevator

Wynndel BC grain elevator – then and now

…was, as the grain elevator is now gone. hennorama Do you have a section on your site that is just grain elevators, “prairie sentinels,” or/and mine shaft towers? While I enjoy the other stuff, I’m really interested in these structures. Thanks! Chris Doering Type grain elevator into the search bar… (Search hits: 2 in title, 23 in body, 7 in comments.)

Dorothy Alberta elevator

Dorothy Alberta, the little grain elevator in the valley

…Alberta Pacific Grain company, one of only a few in the province still painted in these colours. This company was later folded in the Federal Grain Company in the 1960s, and later still (in 1972), into the Alberta Wheat Pool. By then of course this elevator was long closed. By… (Search hits: 2 in title, 14 in body, 6 in comments.)

Warner grain elevators

Warner Elevator Row

…at one time defined the prairies. Farmers and grain, grain elevators and trains hailing grain, all interconnected, that WAS the prairies. Period. The first grain elevator in Warner was built in or around 1908. Over the years a good dozen such buildings have called the town home, not all at… (Search hits: 1 in title, 81 in body, 7 in comments.)

Neidpath Grain Elevators

Neidpath Grain Elevators Revisited

In early 2021 we came back to the Neidpath Grain Elevators*. Things aren’t looking so good for the old pair and with seven years passing since we last dropped by, it was a bit of a shock to see how badly they’ve deteriorated. In a moment, we’ll share a post… (Search hits: 2 in title, 12 in body, 0 in comments.)

Elevator distributor spout

Prairie Sentinels – Woodhouse Alberta – Vandervalk Farm

…one belong to this elevator? In addition to this structure, there used to be a number of other elevators in Woodhouse (sources say perhaps four). These belonged to such notable grain companies as the Alberta Wheat Pool, National Grain and Alberta Pacific Grain. It’s not clear when these ones were… (Search hits: 0 in title, 57 in body, 25 in comments.)

Raley Alberta Trillium Trailer

A horse, a Trillium, and Alberta’s oldest grain elevator

…are close in appearance to Bolers. To see our report on the grain elevator, click below… Alberta’s oldest grain elevator. Reference: Bolerama.org (now offline). If you wish more information this Trillium trailer or the old elevator, by all means contact us! _________________________ BIGDoer.com: Doing it Different! Something to say in… (Search hits: 2 in title, 9 in body, 1 in comments.)

Elevators Milk River

Prairie Sentinels – Milk River Alberta

…used to store grain. The Alberta Wheat Pool, at one time, was the largest grain handling firm in the province and they had elevators in nearly every town that had rail service. It was, up until the Agricore merger, a farmer owned cooperative. The second elevator is owned by a… (Search hits: 0 in title, 55 in body, 1 in comments.)

Skiff Alberta Ghost Town

Skiff Alberta ex-Parrish & Heimbecker

…a local farmer who uses it to store grain. Many grain elevators survive because frugal minded farmers scooped them up. Usually when done, they were often demolished. When we said nearly every town had a grain elevator, we weren’t kidding. Most towns had many. In fact Skiff had two more,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 53 in body, 6 in comments.)

Grain elevator Eastend

Prairie Sentinels – Eastend Saskatchewan

…increase capacity. Pioneer Grain, the company who originally owned this elevator, is a long time player in the Canadian grain industry. Today they are known as Richardson Pioneer. They still own elevators, but most are those huge inland terminals we spoke of earlier. During the switch over, they sold, demolished… (Search hits: 0 in title, 51 in body, 4 in comments.)

Providence Grain Marengo SK

Providence Grain – Marengo Saskatchewan

…annexes, usually added sometime after an elevator was built, are simply separate storage buildings tied into a main structure and used to increase capacity. Providence Grain’s Marengo Saskatchewan Elevator. The previous owner of the complex was United Grain Growers. The firm was a big wheel in the Canadian Grain Industry… (Search hits: 1 in title, 49 in body, 10 in comments.)

Battrum Saskatchewan elevator

Prairie Sentinels – Battrum Saskatchewan

…This was a former Ogilvie, nee Pioneer Grain, nee Western Grain, nee Spencer Grain elevator built at some unknown date – some reports say the 1920s but it’s clearly seen in 1919 picture. This elevator was closed and torn down, as I understand, in the 1960s. It used to sit… (Search hits: 0 in title, 50 in body, 6 in comments.)

Olgivie Elevator Wrentham

Ogilvie’s Wrentham

…in the mountains of BC, go here: Creston BC Grain Elevators. The Ogilvie Wood Grain Elevator Society sure could use your support. Here: Ogilvie Wooden Grain Elevator Society…or contact us and we’ll help you along. Here’s some suggested Google search terms if want to know more: “Ogilvie Flour Mills” “Ogilvie… (Search hits: 0 in title, 49 in body, 6 in comments.)

Fort MacLeod Alberta

Prairie Sentinels: Fort MacLeod Alberta

…other grain elevators keeping it company. A second Pool elevator and two belonging to the United Grain Growers – UGG – once stood nearby in recent times. All were located to the east, so left of the structure pictured here if we’re looking from the street side. Now there’s just… (Search hits: 0 in title, 49 in body, 0 in comments.)

Leduc Alberta elevators

Prairie Sentinels – Leduc Alberta

…of grain. At one time, Leduc was home to several other grain elevators. However no real information can be found about them and no photos have surfaced showing them. Further research is needed and we always welcome input from our readers. The elevators sit alongside the CPR’s north/south mainline which… (Search hits: 0 in title, 48 in body, 4 in comments.)

Paterson Grain Prelate SK

Prairie Sentinels – Prelate Saskatchewan

…125 people. If you like grain elevators, check out these links… Prairie Sentinels – Leader Saskatchewan. Buffalo 2000 grain elevator Lyalta Alberta. Mossleigh elevators. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date of adventure: May, 2014. Location: Prelate, SK. _________________________ BIGDoer.com: Doing… (Search hits: 0 in title, 47 in body, 8 in comments.)

Mossleigh grain elevators

Prairie Sentinels – Mossleigh Alberta

…Searle Grain, Pioneer Grain and Parrish and Heimbecker (or simply P&H). All these companies were well known and established in the industry and each operated many grain elevators across the province. It was common place for grain elevators to change hands over time. For example, the Searle facility was later… (Search hits: 0 in title, 47 in body, 6 in comments.)

Golden Prairie SK elevator

Prairie Sentinels – Golden Prairie Saskatchewan

…a not uncommon sight in small town Saskatchewan. To see some of our favourite grain elevators, go here… Ogilvie grain elevator, Wrentham Alberta. Help save it! Prairie Sentinels – Hodgeville Saskatchewan. Alberta’s oldest grain elevator. Prairie Sentinels – Oberlin Alberta. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 47 in body, 6 in comments.)

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