The Grain Elevators
of Alberta, Canada
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of Western Canada
A brief history of the Grain Elevators of Western Canada
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)
“Our Changing Landscape” webpage of the Royal Alberta Museum states that by 1934, the number of grain elevators in Alberta peaked at 1,755.
An inventory and research undertaken by Judy Larmour in 2002 for the Heritage Resource Management Branch, Alberta Community Development , revealed that 244 were extant. When this was updated in 2005, it was found that of these, only 180 remain. http://www.grainelevatorsalberta.ca/
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Alberta’s Grain Elevators- A Brief History of a Prairie Icon
(this is a pdf brochure and it may be hard to open, as I can’t copy the URL in the toolbar)
http://www.grainelevators.ca/g86-alberta-grain-elevators.html
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Federal Grain was formed in 1929, when nine companies merged together. They were: the Federal Grain Co., Consolidated Elevator Co., Northwestern Elevator Co., Stewart Elevator Ltd., Topper Grain Co.,
International Elevator Co., McLaughlin Elevator Co., Brooks Elevator Co., and Union Grain Company Ltd.
Alberta Pacific became a wholly owned subsidiary of Federal in 1943, and the Searle Grain Co. amalgamated with Federal in 1967. Finally in 1972, Federal elevators were sold to the three provincial wheat pools: Alberta Wheat Pool, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, and Manitoba Wheat Pool.
http://vanishingsentinels.blogspot.ca/2006/01/federal-grain-company.html
This site is a collection of Grain Elevators of Western Canada.
They were submitted to me by Art Grieve and his sister in-law
Elizabeth Grieve unless otherwise indicated.
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
Alliance ABAndrew AB
Acadia Valley AB, Located in the town of Acadia ValleyAltario AB, Located in the town of Altario
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Altario Farm AB. This elevator was moved from Altario
to the farm northeast of town.
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Bardo AB Bawlf AB
Benyon AB Farm is northwest of BenyonBittern Lake AB, located on a farm west of Bittern Lake
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Beaumont AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Bashaw ABBently ABS
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Lenz Farms is located on a farm southwest of Bentley ABBon Accord AB Farm is located on a farm west of Bon Accord
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
On a farm near Blackfalds ABBenyon AB Farm is northwest of Benyon
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Bruce AB, Located in the town of Bruce
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Camrose Area (Bardo)Camrose AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This elevator was found on a farm south of Carstairs AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Cathay Farms AB Coaldale AB courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve
Farm North of Del Bonita AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Delburne AB Located on a farm northeast of DelburneDorothy AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Drumheller AB Farm is east of DrumhellerFarm is located on a farm north of Edmonton
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Empress Farm AB, located on a farm northwest
of the town of EmpressGrassey Lake AB courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve
Forestburg Farm is located on a farm southwest of Forestburg.Gem Farm AB, located on a farm southwest of the town of Gem
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Hallkirk AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Josephburg ABKirkpatrick AB Farm is northwest of Drumheller
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Killam AB Kirriemuir AB
Kingman ABKingman AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Kirriemuir AB Lethbridge AB
Courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve
Leduc AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This elevator was found on a farm east of the town Lousana ABOn a farm near Lougheed AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Meeting Creek ABMeeting Creek AB
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
Menaik is located on a farm northwest of Menaik AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Morinville ABMundare AB
This elevator is on a farm at the Junction of highways 642 and 44, 14KM west of Morinville, AB.
Watch this elevator being torn down in 2013.
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Edmonton/
Our%20Edmonton/ID/2669357764/
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Namao ABOyem AB
This elevator is is located on a farm about three kilometers
east of Namao, AB on Highway 37
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Poe AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This elevator was found on a farm northeast of the town of Olds ABRosedale AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Cathay Farms, Located North of Ryley AB Strome AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Radway ABRed Deer Farm AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Shonts AB
On Highway 14 southeast of EdmontonShonts AB
On Highway 14 southeast of Edmonton
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Tofield Farm AB Waskatenau AB
This Home Grain elevator is located in Ukrainian Village park
which is east of Edmonton on Highway 16 on the eastern
border of Elk Island National Park.The Krause Milling Company elevator is in Radway,
Alberta built in 1929
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This elevator was found on a farm southwest of Rimby. ABSpruce Groove AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Rowley ABRowley AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
Farm East of Skiff AB
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
This grain elevator is located on a Farm Southwest of Vegreville ABThis grain elevator is located on a Farm north of Ryley AB
and was moved from Valentine AB about 1975
This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, ABThis picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB
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| This grain elevator is located on a Farm Southwest of Vegreville AB | This grain elevator is located on a Farm Southwest of Vegreville AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB | This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Vermillion AB – on a farm east of Vermillion | This elevator is located in the town of Warburg |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB | This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Westlock AB | Wetaskiwin Farm AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB | This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Alix AB, Located on a farm east of Hobbema on Highway 611 |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Andrew AB |
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| Bardo AB |
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| Bardo AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Barhead AB Farm is southeast of Barhead |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Barons AB |
| This picture was submitted by Thomas Brown |
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| Bawlf AB |
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| Bentley AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Bentley AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Bow Island AB courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve |
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| Bow Island AB courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve |
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| On a farm near the goast town of Bulwark AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Butze AB |
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| Champion AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Camrose AB |
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| This elevator was found on farm northeast of the town of Carstairs AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Castor AB |
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| Cathay Farms, North of Ryley AB |
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| Chauvin AB |
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| Claymore AB on a farm |
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| Abandoned grain elevator at Coaldale AB |
| This picture was submitted by Jim Booth, Taber, AB |
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| Cornich AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Dapp AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Delia AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Delia AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| DUNMORE AB, located about 1.5 mile southeast of the Medicine Hat city limits on Highway #1, the Trans-Canada |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Edgerton AB |
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| Edgerton AB |
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| Edmonton, Located just east of 50th Street in northeast Edmonton This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Esther AB, located in the town of Esther |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Farm AB |
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| Forestburg AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Forestburg AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Forestburg AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Foremost AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Foremost AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| High Prarie AB, 1935 |
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| Innisfree AB, Innisfree is on the CN line between Lloydminster & Edmonton |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB |
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| Innisfree AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB |
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| Innisfree AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB |
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| Innisfree AB |
| It is believed that these grain elevators were ;located in Innisfree AB. This first one does look like the one that was standing in 2012. These pictures were submitted by Tim Croft from the U.K. and they were taken by his father in law, Sydney Taylor in 1942 when he was on his way to Raf Penhold (red deer) flight training school. |
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| Innisfree AB |
| This pictures were submitted by Tim Croft |
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| Innisfree AB This elevator is located on a farm north of Innisfree. |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Innisfree AB Farm, located on a farm south of Innisfree Alberta |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Innisfree AB This elevator is elevator is located in town of Innisfree |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Innisfree AB This elevator is elevator is located on a farm west of Innisfree |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Innisfree AB This elevator is located on a farm north of Innisfree |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Killam AB |
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| Kirriemuir AB |
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| Kirriemuir AB |
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| Kitscoty AB |
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| Farm East of Lamont AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB He had an interesting chat with the owner of this farm elevator A. He is a third generation farmer of this land and his sons have now taken over. This elevator was built in ten days in 1942 by the Ralph Bollan Company of Edmonton. |
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| Farm East of Lamont AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB Dale wasn’t sure if this hip-roof Farm elevator was a real elevator but it is. |
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| Leduc AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Leduc AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Lethbridge, Alberta |
| Photo: Massey F. Jones |
| Still in use today, the Lethbridge, Alberta 17-storey Alberta Terminals Ltd grain elevator is the tallest building in town. Built in the 1930s on contract by the Canadian Government, it sat well outside the business district but today it is located along Crownest Trail, a busy thoroughfare in North Lethbridge. Despite still being painted for Alberta Terminals Ltd, the facility is today owned and operated by Cargill.. http://www.producer.com/2013/01/grain-terminal-remains- %E2%80%A8a-landmark-in-lethbridge%E2%80%A9/ These views were taken April 12th, 2014. |
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| Lethbridge, Alberta |
| Photo: Massey F. Jones |
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| Lougheed AB |
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| Lougheed AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Magrath AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Braedan Dunne |
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| Farm West of Magrath AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Mannville AB – about 5KM east of Mannville |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Mayerthorpe AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB This elevator is located in town and is still in use. |
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| AP 41 At Meeting Creek AB Oct, 1991 |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Meeting Creek AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Milk River AB |
| All three elevators in Milk River are still in operation |
| This picture was submitted by Jim Booth, Taber, AB |
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| Farm North of Milk River AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Morinville AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Mossleigh, AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Mossleigh, AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Mundare AB |
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| Nanton AB |
| Photo: Massey F. Jones |
| Situated about half-way between Calgary and Lethbridge Alberta, Nanton is an agricultural town, mostly reputed for a museum, containing one of only 4 Lancaster bombers still in existence. See an excellent map of the area at http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/map.html In 2001, the CPR abandoned a sizeable portion of the Macleod Sub., between Aldersyde and Fort Macleod and the town’s grain elevators became slated for demolition. The Nanton & District Grain Elevator Historical & Cultural Society was formed and purchased the town’s 3 elevators, repainted them and made them available for public touring inside and out in summer; as the Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre. A tour takes about 45 minutes to 1 hour. http://www.canadiangrainelevatordiscoverycentre.com/home.html The two pictures shown here were taken from a moving bus on Highway 2 North on April 13th, 2014. The orange elevator formerly belonged to Pioneer Grain and the green ones to the Alberta Wheat Pool. The paint colour helped identify the elevator’s owner from a distance and the town’s name was always painted boldly on at least one elevator as a guide to railway crews and others, most always being the tallest building in town and a source of pride for the company and the town. |
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| Nanton AB |
| Photo: Massey F. Jones |
| In order to preserve a bit of railway history, a cattle car was placed on static display between the orange and green elevators. The stock car, built by the Canadian Car & Foundry in March 1958 as CP 277127, became CP 278504 after renumbering. Several good pictures of the elevators front and back are available at Google Images. |
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| This elevator was found on a farm east of the town of Olds AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Onoway AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Oyem AB |
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| Pincher Station AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Pincher Station AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Ponok AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Provost AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Rayley AB The Rayley elevator is the oldest elevator still standing in Alberta 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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| Red Deer AB |
| This picture was submitted by Massey F. Jones |
| New grain elevators were constructed in 1948 north of the station and in the late 1950s, more elevators were built on the south end of the yard. Five grain elevators were demolished (three on the east side of the yards and two on the west side) by 1992. (source: http://www.forthjunction.com/structures.htm). Following the CPR/VIA station closure in 1991 and CPR facilities relocation on the west side of the city, all tracks were removed. VIA passenger service had already ended in 1985, after 94 years. The CPR/VIA station is shown on my stations page. This view looking north, was taken from from a nearby bridge during the summer of 1990. |
| This picture was submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Rowley AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| This picture was submitted by Massey F. Jones |
| The back of the elevator, formerly at Shonts; a village on Highway 14, near Ryley in East Central Alberta between Edmonton and Calgary, in an almost “natural” setting within Calgary’s Heritage Park. The elevator, with was built in 1909 by the Security Elevator Co. of Winnipeg and has a capacity of 25,000 bushels, which is less than a quarter of the capacity of many of today’s elevators. The Alberta Wheat Pool purchased the elevator in 1947, and in 1967 donated two-thirds of the cost of its restoration and relocation to Heritage Park. A comment on a photo taken in 2010 and posted at http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadagood/4419989890/, mentions that this Heritage Park elevator is “the old one” eventually replaced at Shonts by “the new one”, featuring virtually the same design. |
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| This picture was submitted by Massey F. Jones |
| The former elevator at Shonts, Alberta, now displayed at Calgary’s Heritage Park. The Security Elevator Company Ltd. was formed to build grain elevators on the newly constructed Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (today part of CN) in the Canadian Prairies and it went out of business in the late 1920s. The Shonts elevator is the very last elevator so painted. The silver building on the left houses the motor, which activates one the belts working the grain augers in the elevator. Behind the elevator is part of a “Chinook Arch” cloud formation, occurring only in certain parts of the Rockies, in the far background. The former elevator at Shonts, Alberta, now displayed at Calgary’s Heritage Park. The Security Elevator Company Ltd. was formed to build grain elevators on the newly constructed Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (today part of CN) in the Canadian Prairies and it went out of business in the late 1920s. The Shonts elevator is the very last elevator so painted. The silver building on the left houses the motor, which activates one the belts working the grain augers in the elevator. Behind the elevator is part of a “Chinook Arch” cloud formation, occurring only in certain parts of the Rockies, in the far background. http://www.albertawow.com/hikes/Chinook_Arch/Chinook%20Arch.htm |
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| Massey F. Jones collection |
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| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
| Part of the Shonts Elevator display at Heritage Park in Calgary, showing a horse-drawn wooden grain wagon, tilted back on the weighing scale for unloading. View the floor grate, which accepts the grain into the augers, where they are then lifted into the proper bins. Everything has been restored to working order. Almost all the controls were operated by wooden levers. When the elevator is open (May-Oct), it is attended to by a staff interpreter in bib overalls. A brass plaque screwed outside the door states: “The Alberta Wheat Pool donated this elevator to Heritage Park in 1967”. |
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| Sharples AB Farm is south of Sharples |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Sharples AB Farm is south of Sharples |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Shonts AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Skiff AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Smokey Lake Colony |
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| St. Albert AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Strome AB |
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| Strome AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| On a farm near Strome AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Taber AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Taber AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Viterra Grain Elevators at Tempest AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Eastbound on AB Highway 3 just west of Tempest |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Viterra Grain Elevators at Tempest AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Thorhild AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Tofield Farm AB |
| TROCHU ALBERTA Trochu is located in East Central Alberta approximately 80 kilometers southeast of Red Deer. It is named after Armand Trochu, the settler who founded the St. Anne Ranch Trading Company on the present site of the town in 1903. Trochu has a population of about 1000, the main language of the town in English and the main business is farming. At one time, the town had 8 wooden grain elevators and a seed cleaning plant. Farmers take their harvested seeds to the cleaning plant operator, who removes the impurities (chaff etc) from the seeds, grades them by type and weight and returns them to the farmer for replanting. Among the elevator operators were Alberta Wheat Pool, Cargill, and United Grain Growers (most, undergoing company name changes through mergers over the years). The first elevator was built by Security Grain in 1913 and it wasn’t until about 1916-1927 that others were built. A couple of the elevators in Trochu burned down at some time in the past but were rebuilt. According to recent research, only one is now left. All photos in this section were taken September 15th, 1987 by Massey (indicated) and his father-in-law, an avid modeler and these show several angles of the same building. |
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| Trochu AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Trochu AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Trochu AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Trochu AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Trochu AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Trochu AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Trochu AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Trochu AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Trochu AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Trochu AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Trochu AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Trochu AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Trochu AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Vegreville AB – on a farm southwest of Vegreville |
| his picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Vegreville AB – on a farm southwest of Vegreville |
| his picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Villenueve AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Vermillion AB |
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| Vermillion AB |
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| Vermillion AB This elevator is located on a farm north of Vermillion |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Vulcan AB |
| This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones |
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| Seed cleaning plant at Vulcan AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Abandoned seed cleaning plant near Vulcan AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Warner AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Warner AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Warner AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Warner AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Farm East of Warner AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Warwick AB |
| These pictures were taken in Jan 2005. The elevator was moved about one quarter of a mile from it’s original location. It was located on the CP line from Willingdon & Vegreville AB. It now sits on a private farm |
| This picture was submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB |
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| Warwick AB |
| This picture was submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB |
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| Warwick AB |
| This picture was submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB |
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| Waskatenau AB |
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| West of Kitscoty AB |
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| Wetaskiwin AB |
| This picture was submitted by Art Lacoursiere and it was taken in 1967 from a passenger train leaving Wetaskiwin heading south |
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| Wetaskiwin AB |
| This picture was submitted by Art Lacoursiere and it was taken in 1967 from a passenger train leaving Wetaskiwin heading south |
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| Wetaskiwin AB is located at the Central Alberta Railroad Museum which is southeast of Wetaskiwin. |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Wetaskiwin AB located on a farm in Wetaskiwin. |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |
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| Willingdon AB |
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| Wrentham AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Wrentham AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Wrentham AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Wrentham AB |
| Photo by Jim Booth, Taber AB |
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| Farm South of Wrentham AB |
| This picture was submitted by Dale Redekopp St. Albert, AB |