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A grain elevator or grain terminal is a facility designed to stockpile or store grain. In the grain trade, ... it is also known as Richardson Pioneer.
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.
In 1921, Pioneer had expanded to over 100 country elevators. In 1931, forty-four elevators of the Saskatchewan and Western Elevator companies were amalgamated into Pioneer; these elevators had been operated by the Richardsons since the mid-1920s. In 1947, Pioneer acquired twenty-three elevators from the failed Reliance Grain Company.
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They are the topic of numerous prairie landscapes and photographs. The Wheat Pool calendar map or Country Elevator System calendar maps were a mainstay of many pioneer households. These calendar maps depicted the networking of the early CNR and CPR rail lines, the many early incorporated areas, and the locations of the grain elevators. The ...
The society raised enough funds in three years to purchase the three elevators and the land they stood on. The restoration project replaced the railway tracks, and repainted the elevators in the Alberta Wheat Pool and Pioneer colours. The elevators form the Elevator Discovery Centre, and became a provincial heritage site in 2022.
It built 93 elevators in 1912. In 1913 the Alberta Farmers’ Co-operative Elevator Company (AFCEC) was created using the same model. By 1916 the SCEC was operating 190 elevators, and by 1917 had 230. [2] In 1912 the GGGC had also entered the elevator business when it began to operate 135 country elevators leased from the government of Manitoba ...
Apr. 22—READING — After 75 years of operation, the Reading grain elevator operated by New Vision Co-op is undergoing a necessary remodel. New Vision is headquartered in Brewster and boasts 19 ...