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They were submitted to me by Art Grieve and his sister in-law Elizabeth Grieve. They have collected these picture during their travels around the area. Many of these elevators are no longer standing You are invited to submit any picture that you have that fit any of these pages. E mail me johnmacdoanld@summerville-novascotia.com |
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| The grain elevators in Western Canada have for years
been referred to as prairie icons, prairie cathedrals or prairie sentinels
and have become a visual symbol of what farming in this part of the country
is all about. There were as many as 5758 in 1933. These grain elevators
dominated the prairie landscape for more than a century with every community
having at least one.
They were the first step in a grain trading process that moves the grain from producer to worldwide markets. The first grain elevator was a strictly utilitarian building considered by anyone that viewed them to be anything but that. They were designed for one purpose, getting the grain into railway boxcars. The farmers, who at first shoveled their grain into 2-bushel sacks which they then transported to a loading platform along the rail line. There, they emptied the sacks into a waiting boxcar, a back-breaking and inefficient job. They needed something much better if the west was to grow. A means of storing and shipping grain quickly, This brought about the small, one-storey wood frame warehouses erected by farmers. The railways demanded larger, vertical warehouses that could take advantage of gravity to empty the grain and a mechanism known as the "leg" was devised, an endless belt with cups or scoops attached, was devised to load the grain in the elevators. This leg is what gave the name to and determined the shape of the grain elevator. Today many of these grain elevators are being dismantled and removed from the landscape. Railway lines are being abandoned and the railways want them removed for safety reason. Many of the grain elevators shown on this site are no longer in existence. It's just another sign of progress. I hope that you enjoy your visit to this site and can appreciate Art Grive's work in keeping some of these alive. For a more detailed history of the Grain Elevators plese go to the following site . The Canadian Encyclopedia (Grain Elevators) |
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| A fire broke out in the grain elevator of Spring Valley,
Saskatchewan sometime in the evening of August 24th and completely destroyed
the building.
Carloyn Message, who witnessed the blaze and whose husband is apart of the volunteer fire department that battled the fire, said the elevator was "already engulfed" by the time firefighters showed up. She said that it was "an older wood elevator that had grain in it" so there was nothing much that could be done to save it. Nobody was injured and damp, calm conditins allowed the fire to be easily contained so no further damage was done to the area. "We had rain a couple of days before," explained resident
Elaine Scheller, "grass was nicely (and) neatly mowed and there was a very
heavy dew (that) night, and no wind."
The cause of the blaze is still unknown. Spring Valley is approximately 62 km South of Moose Jaw. |
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| The elevator was fully engulfed by the time the fire
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| Photo by Carolyn Message.
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| All that remains of Spring Valley's old grain elevator
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| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB | This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
| Bents is a very interesting ghost town with lots of buildings including the elevator. It is located entirely on private property so you have to be careful in what you do there. There doesn't seem to be any vandalism so that is refreshing. | |
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This picture was taken in Sep 2014 and still standing |
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| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB | |
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| This picture was taken and submitted on July 13, 2014
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| Fleming SKThis picture was submitted by Ian Mathers.
Ian had the following to say about this elevator.
"I almost drove past it when I realized that it was very different than any others you see on the prairies. It is smaller than most and the roof and cupola is out-of-the-ordinary. The town is named after Sir Sanford Fleming of the CPR (the inventor of the 24 time zones) and I believe the elevator was built in 1895 or 1896." |
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| This picture was submitted by Ian Mathers |
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| This picture was submitted by Shelley Wilton This picture was taken in 1987 |
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| This picture was taken and submitted on July 13, 2014
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| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| This picture was submitted by Shelley Wilton This picture was taken in 1987 |
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| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert,
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| This picture was submitted by Joan Pletschet Carlson
Her grandparents Todor and Stephania Puteria farmed near Mikado and her Uncle Sam owned the general store in Mikado for several years. This elevator no longer standing. |
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| This picture was submitted by Frank. He took the picture in 1972 on a return trip to Toronto |
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"I would guess, the first decade of the 20th Century. It's from a postcard that has just come to light sent to my great grandmother in England from her cousin who had migrated in 1898." |
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| The following 7 pictures of the grain elevators of
Tuxfors SK were submitted
by Bob Bell, Oshawa, Ontario. More of his railway and grain elevators can be seen at |
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in 2014 including replacing siding, a new shingle roof, and painting. |
| This picture was taken and submitted on July
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