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…a bluish variant, used by that firm from the 1970s-1990s. Further west of the elevators is a row of bins, not seen in our photos, used to load grain cars producer style. They are so named because the farmer fills the cars directly, bypassing any grain handling firms. Most grain… (Search hits: 0 in title, 47 in body, 2 in comments.)

…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.)

…It’s not known what caused each fire. Lightning maybe? I know of many elevators lost this way. As far as wooden grain elevators go, this one is a biggie, much larger then the earlier elevators it replaced. It has a huge annex which most seem to agree was built in… (Search hits: 0 in title, 47 in body, 3 in comments.)

…and obscure grain handling companies, who in many cases owned one or perhaps a few elevators at most. Later many of these were acquired by larger firms like United Grain Growers and Pioneer Grain. By the 1970s, the only companies operating here were the SWP (our elevator) and Pioneer (3… (Search hits: 0 in title, 46 in body, 5 in comments.)

…Some notable owners of the building include Spencer Grain, Mutual Grain, and Western Grain. The 1907 source lists the original owner was a firm called McEwan, Dougherty and West. Pioneer Grain took it over in the 1950s and closed it in the early years of this century. Most traditional elevators… (Search hits: 0 in title, 46 in body, 3 in comments.)

…in that town. Dumping grain old school. The Security Elevator Company was founded about the time this structure was built and in short order had a network of about seventy grain elevators across its network. In the early 1920s they acquired a competitor almost doubling their count. In the late… (Search hits: 0 in title, 45 in body, 11 in comments.)

…it’s from the 1950s, but no one we spoke with was completely sure. Most grain shipping points had several competing firms and Bentley was no exception. In times past there were other grain elevators here owned by such notable firms as Alberta Pacific Grain Federal Grain, United Grain Growers and… (Search hits: 0 in title, 45 in body, 8 in comments.)

…Elevator Company (a predecessor of the SWP) in the mid-1920s. That one was built in the 1913. In addition to the elevators mentioned above there used to be others here. Companies represented include Federal Grain (2 elevators), Olgilvie Flour Mills and some others. ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Scroll down for… (Search hits: 0 in title, 44 in body, 5 in comments.)

…it seems too “new” to interest us. This is our first Saskatchewan grain elevator article, but there will be more. I think we saw perhaps something like fifteen to twenty of them. Here’s some of our favourite grain elevators… Prairie Sentinels – Big Valley Alberta. Alberta’s oldest grain elevator. Prairie… (Search hits: 0 in title, 44 in body, 4 in comments.)

…facts though, the most important one being there was at one time a National Grain elevator in Chancellor. US giant Cargill Grain assumed control of that company in the mid 1970s (not just here, but all of thier elevators across the prairies), so it’s a safe bet that these two… (Search hits: 0 in title, 44 in body, 2 in comments.)

…a lot of grain handling branch lines, this one included, in the 1990s and early 2000s, due to consolidations and changes in the grain industry and the resultant wholesale abandonment of those lines. The museum group has built a short stretch of track in front of the grain elevators. Rather… (Search hits: 0 in title, 42 in body, 11 in comments.)

…pass (sometimes a whole train). The old wooden elevators were quickly made obsolete and most were soon torn down, having outlived their usefulness. We call this the great grain elevator cull, a period from about 1995 to 2002 or thereabouts when most fell. Of those wooden grain elevators to survive… (Search hits: 0 in title, 43 in body, 0 in comments.)

…grain elevator, and Doug his retired father, who helped in regards to some of its history. This little locomotive once worked for the Searle Grain Company… Class of ’63. More grain elevators down on the farm… Prairie Sentinels – Woodhouse Alberta – Vandervalk Farm. Prairie Sentinels – Gartly Alberta –… (Search hits: 1 in title, 41 in body, 9 in comments.)

…their future seems well assured. The museum is open in the summer. To see the oldest elevator in the province, follow this link… Alberta’s oldest grain elevator. To see another pre-1910 grain elevator, go here… DeWinton – De Winton – Dewinton. To see even more grain elevators that we’ve explored,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 41 in body, 4 in comments.)

…the company, for twenty or so railcars to be loaded. There used to be three other grain elevators in Plenty, all built in the 1910s and closed by the 1980s. Grain companies from the past once represented here include United Grain Growers, Federal Grain and Searle Grain. Via mergers and… (Search hits: 0 in title, 40 in body, 14 in comments.)

…dependant rail lines were abandoned in the melee. Many wood grain elevators were lost about this time too, and in their place came the inland terminal. These loaded grain on a grand scale. Where as your traditional wood grain elevator might fill a few cars at a time, these could… (Search hits: 0 in title, 42 in body, 1 in comments.)

…Woods Milling Company. The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool acquired the elevator in the late 1950s and with that it became their “B” facility. It was used up until 1984. Another elevator here once belonged to Alberta Pacific Grain. That firm was acquired by Federal Grain in the 1940s. Federal’s Saskatchewan operations… (Search hits: 0 in title, 41 in body, 7 in comments.)

…represented, in recent times, besides the AWP, include Pioneer Grain and United Grain Growers. Legacy companies that used to own elevators here, but were then bought out or merged out of existence include Alberta Pacific Grain, Federal Grain, Searle Grain and many others. After 2001-ish, only the elevator that is… (Search hits: 0 in title, 41 in body, 7 in comments.)

…located north of the first, was built in the late 1970s. It was built for Cargill Grain, a lesser known player in the Canadian grain industry. In the mid-2000s the elevator was purchased by Canada Malting who processes grains for use in beer and alcohol. This is a storage facility… (Search hits: 0 in title, 40 in body, 7 in comments.)

…this car to match the elevators. To increase capacity they would often add an annex to an elevator. The rail line here was abandoned in the late 1990s. Sometimes to increase capacity they simply built another elevator beside the first. Pigeons seem to love these structures. Doors, BIG Doors! Grain… (Search hits: 1 in title, 38 in body, 4 in comments.)

…Saskatchewan: the last grain elevator in this tiny town. Researched, written and photographed by Chris Doering and Connie Biggart (BIGDoer/Synd) The elevator was completed in 1957. As was typical, it is wood-cribbed, built of two by sixes laid flat and stacked, following a pretty standardized plan used by the industry…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 41 in body, 1 in comments.)

…large concrete silos are the only things in town taller then the elevator seen in this report. To see some other grain elevators we’ve explored, follow these links… Ogilvie grain elevator – Wrentham Alberta. Prairie Sentinels – Leader Saskatchewan. Mossleigh elevators. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen… (Search hits: 0 in title, 39 in body, 4 in comments.)

…scene, the days of the wood elevator were near over. There were big changes on the horizon. Bashaw Processors: we pay a visit to their Bashaw Alberta facility, a vintage wood grain elevator still in use. Researched, written and photographed by Chris Doering and Connie Biggart (Canadian Encyclopedia) This elevator… (Search hits: 0 in title, 39 in body, 18 in comments.)

…that built the elevator however, and who owned it until the late 1940s before selling it to the Pool, was Alberta Pacific Grain. They were a much smaller firm, operating from 1910-1960s, that owned several hundred elevators. Sales or even trades of individual elevators between grain firms was not uncommon… (Search hits: 0 in title, 39 in body, 7 in comments.)

…two grain elevators in front are connected to Aspen Crossing. The furthest is owned by a farmer who uses it to store his grain. Notice the Pioneer Grain markings on the middle structure bleeding through. Grain elevator often changed hands over the years. 30) These boxcars are no strangers to… (Search hits: 0 in title, 40 in body, 0 in comments.)

…visited by few…you get the idea. Many old buildings can be found in the town site (all private property by the way). Towering over everything, the tallest thing around, is a grain elevator. A lonely grain elevator, long unused. This will be our subject for today. First things first: the… (Search hits: 0 in title, 38 in body, 8 in comments.)

…was ex-Alberta Pacific, nee Federal Grain), plus a Cargill (ex-National Grain, nee Security Grain), and finally one from United Grain Growers. The later had sort of an interesting lineage, having burned down and been rebuilt twice in its history. This was BTW, the second last elevator to fall, coming down… (Search hits: 0 in title, 39 in body, 1 in comments.)

…grain around it, had done so recently. The smallest stand alone AWP elevator, the second most westerly one, appeared to be used for storage only and probably did not load cars. Of the elevators seen, the most easterly structure had a smaller (probably earlier) elevator on it’s west side for… (Search hits: 0 in title, 36 in body, 10 in comments.)

…2012-2024 Chris Doering, Johanna (Connie) Biggart & the BIGDoer.com Society. 🍁🎀 The “lift” an elevator in the elevator. Levers allowed specific bins to be emptied. Working on the Oglivie and in back Wrentham’s “other” grain elevator. Chalk board assigns bins. She’s a small one by grain elevator standards, but is… (Search hits: 0 in title, 37 in body, 10 in comments.)