CNHS Inglis Grain Elevators - Inglis MB
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This Canadian National Historic plaque is dedicated to the Inglis Grain Elevators. It's on Railway Street at Anzac Avenue in Inglis, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMJYPV
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 01/18/2014
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~ English text from marker ~
Inglis Grain ElevatorsThis impressive grouping of five standard-plan wooden grain elevators is a rare survivor of the long rows that once dominated Prairie towns. The row was built between 1922 and 1941, Manitoba's golden age of elevators, by a cross-section of grain-handling firms, including cooperatives and large companies backed by Canadian and American investors. Located in a town typical of many that dot the West, these slope-shouldered sentinels are surrounded by their outbuildings, rail line and fields of grain. They stand as powerful symbols of the Prairie landscape and lifestyle.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Government of Canada - 2000
The five elevators referred to are:
N.M. Paterson & Son (1922), the Northern Elevator Company (1922), Matheson-Lindsay (1922-23), Reliance (1941), and the United Grain Growers (1925).
** Matheson-Lindsay became Reliance on the 1930s and it's the smaller of the two 'Reliance' elevators.
These elevators are no longer used to handle grain but they have been preserved as an enduring symbol of the Prairies. Tours are available. www.ingliselevators.com
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Manitoba
Location - City name/Town name: Inglis
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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