Endangered icons Wooden grain elevators a disappearing sight on prairie horizon By: Gordon Goldsborough Posted: 3:00 AM CDT Monday, Mar. 22, 2021 Last Modified: 6:57 AM CDT Monday, Mar. 22, 2021 ...

Jean McManus wanted just one great photo of a wooden grain elevator when she set out with her camera in June 2014. She didn’t know at the time that she would soon to be snapping pictures of every ...

Ambrosi said the mass destruction of wooden elevators, primarily during the 1990s was shortsighted. “No other place in the world had giant wooden structures for storing grain in.

The hamlet was once home to six elevators and today two still stand, including the one the young men’s society now owns — a wooden elevator built in 1925 by Ogilvie Flour Mills.

A nearly 64-year-old wooden grain elevator in Waskada was destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning, leaving just over 100 of the Prairie icons in Manitoba, compared to a peak of 700.

Canada’s Wooden Grain Elevators — Rural icons vanishing from the landscape. Vancouver’s Chinatown, Vancouver, B.C. — Development wave crushes culturally unique neighbourhood.

The wooden grain elevator on Pacific Avenue is slated to come down this summer, according to its owners. Downtown developers Robyn and Jason Sneath intend on using the property for parking.

Wooden elevator built in 1949 the latest to go down as elevators age and agriculture practices change CBC News · Posted: Jan 14, 2019 2:21 PM PST | Last Updated: January 14, 2019 ...

Grain elevators rose above villages and towns, with the name of the community emblazoned on their sides. They were essentially wooden bank towers, too, storing and distributing the grain that was ...

The first wooden grain elevator in Canada was built in 1879 in Niverville, Bellamy said. It was a small, round building powered by two horses. Until that time, grain was stored in flat warehouses ...

It's an iconic symbol of rural Prairie life: the wooden grain elevator. Now, a small group of enthusiasts in Alberta is on a mission to preserve one of the last remaining structures in the province.

At one time, every little town and railway siding had a wooden grain elevator but, sadly, over the years many of these old structures have closed down, fallen into disrepair, or been completely ...