Link to:
Agents / Buyers |Photos & Coordinates |Sources
A wooden grain elevator atRathwell, on theCPR Glenboro Subdivision in what is now theMunicipality of Norfolk Treherne, was built by United Grain Growers in late 1941, replacing one built in 1917 and destroyed by fire on 22 August 1941. Closed around 2000, it was demolished in 2001.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1917-1919
C. Hutchinson
1919-1925
Gavin Patterson
1925-1926
Joshua E. Dorey
1926-1929
?
1929-1963
Dunc Buchanan
1963-1965
Wayne E. Winters
1965-1979
Ellery Lawrence Hammond (1938-2019)
1978-1985
Brian S. Charett
1985-2000
?
Aerial view of the grain elevators at Rathwell, withUGG 2 at left, UGG 1 in middle, andManitoba Pool at right (1980s)
Source: Manitoba Pool Fonds,S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
The United Grain Growers grain elevator with its balloon and crib annexes at Rathwell, withManitoba Pool at left (mid-1960s)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided byGlenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
The United Grain Growers grain elevator with its crib annex at Rathwell, withManitoba Pool at left (1967)
Source:Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided byGlenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
The United Grain Growers grain elevator with its crib annex at Rathwell, withPaterson at right (1967)
Source:Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided byGlenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
The United Grain Growers grain elevator with its crib annex at Rathwell (January 2001)
Source:Mike Lisowski
The United Grain Growers grain elevator with its crib annex at Rathwell (July 2001)
Source:George PennerSite Location (lat/long):N49.64560, W98.54717
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba:Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Rathwell, Municipality of Norfolk Treherne)
Historic Sites of Manitoba:Paterson Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator 2 (Rathwell, Municipality of Norfolk Treherne)
United Grain Growers Fonds,University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
Obituary [Ellery Lawrence Hammond],Winnipeg Free Press, 13 November 2019.
We thankMike Lisowski,George Penner, and Shelagh Poolie (Viterra Inc.) for providing information used here.
This page was prepared byGordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 November 2019
Historic Sites of Manitoba
This is a collection of historic sites in Manitoba compiled by theManitoba Historical Society. The information is offered for historical interest only.
Browse lists of:
Museums/Archives |Buildings |Monuments |Cemeteries |Locations |OtherInclusion in this collection does not confer special status or protection. Official heritage designation may only come from municipal, provincial, or federal governments. Some sites are on private property and permission to visit must be secured from the owner.
Site information is provided by the Manitoba Historical Society as a free public service only for non-commercial purposes.
Send corrections and additions to this page
to the MHS Webmaster atwebmaster@mhs.mb.ca.
