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The Inglis elevator row is a row of five wooden
The arrival of the railroad in the smaller communities of Manitoba offered both risk and reward for villages. When the railroad reached Inglis in 1922, allowing grain from the area to reach distant markets, the nearby town of Asessippi was quickly abandoned. By the end of 1922, four of the five elevators in Inglis were already built, quickly followed by a number of shops and businesses. The Inglis row consists of five wood-crib elevators:
* N. M. Paterson Company elevator, built in 1922 using then-state of the art dust control systems.
* Reliance elevators, built by Matheson-Lindsay in 1922 as a single elevator. The elevator was then taken over by Province Elevator Co. later becoming Reliance Elevators in the 1930s. By 1941 a new "twin" elevator was added for more space. Manitoba Pool bought the elevators in 1952 and lastly sold to
Paterson Grain
in 1979. The elevator has been completely restored as a gift shop. With the loss of wooden grain elevators across western Canada, the "Five Prairie Giants" of Inglis have become a popular tourist destination and were named one of Manitoba's top ten architectural icons.
Inglis Elevators
Grain Elevators Canada
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grain elevator
A grain elevator is a facility designed to stockpile or store grain. In the grain trade, the term "grain elevator" also describes a tower containing a bucket elevator or a pneumatic conveyor, which scoops up grain from a lower level and deposits ...
s located alongside the former Canadian Pacific Railway
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track bed, in the village of Inglis, Manitoba
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, Canada
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. Because so many traditional country elevators have been demolished throughout Western Canada
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, the Inglis elevator row preserves rare examples of a formerly common sight from "the golden age of grain". In recognition of the elevators in Inglis being the last elevator row in Canada, they have been fully restored and protected as a National Historic Site of Canada
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.
History and significance
The arrival of the railroad in the smaller communities of Manitoba offered both risk and reward for villages. When the railroad reached Inglis in 1922, allowing grain from the area to reach distant markets, the nearby town of Asessippi was quickly abandoned. By the end of 1922, four of the five elevators in Inglis were already built, quickly followed by a number of shops and businesses. The Inglis row consists of five wood-crib elevators:
* N. M. Paterson Company elevator, built in 1922 using then-state of the art dust control systems.
* Reliance elevators, built by Matheson-Lindsay in 1922 as a single elevator. The elevator was then taken over by Province Elevator Co. later becoming Reliance Elevators in the 1930s. By 1941 a new "twin" elevator was added for more space. Manitoba Pool bought the elevators in 1952 and lastly sold to United Grain Growers
The United Grain Growers, or UGG, was a Canadian grain farmers' cooperative for grain storage and distribution that operated between 1917 and 2001.
History
In 1917, the Grain Growers' Grain Company (GGGC) merged with the Alberta Farmers' Co- ...
in 1971. The elevators have since been fully restored back to their original signage as Reliance elevators.
* United grain growers elevator, originally built by United Grain Growers
The United Grain Growers, or UGG, was a Canadian grain farmers' cooperative for grain storage and distribution that operated between 1917 and 2001.
History
In 1917, the Grain Growers' Grain Company (GGGC) merged with the Alberta Farmers' Co- ...
in 1922 but replaced after it was destroyed by fire in 1925. Annexes were added 1949.
* National elevator, built by the Northern Elevator Co. in 1922 later taken over by National in the 1940s and then Cargill
Cargill, Incorporated, is a privately held American global food corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in ter ...
and lasPaterson Grain
in 1979. The elevator has been completely restored as a gift shop. With the loss of wooden grain elevators across western Canada, the "Five Prairie Giants" of Inglis have become a popular tourist destination and were named one of Manitoba's top ten architectural icons.
See also
*Grain elevator
A grain elevator is a facility designed to stockpile or store grain. In the grain trade, the term "grain elevator" also describes a tower containing a bucket elevator or a pneumatic conveyor, which scoops up grain from a lower level and deposits ...
References
External links
Inglis Elevators
Grain Elevators Canada
{{NHSC National Historic Sites in Manitoba Museums in Manitoba Grain elevators in Canada Agriculture museums in Canada Parkland Region, Manitoba