The very first Manitoba grain elevator that I photographed was the Oakville grain elevator, on the CN Rivers subdivision, the main line through Manitoba. I went there to photograph a train and I thought the elevator would provide a nice backdrop.

I think it did.

There were at least three elevators in Oakville at one point:

1. The Pool (A?) elevator shown above, built in the summer of 1974 to replace a previous elevator that burned in December 1973;
2. A Pool B elevator, moved in the 1970s to a farm east of the town; and
3. A United Grain Growers (UGG) elevator, present in the early 1980s but not now.

Pool “B”

The former Pool “B” elevator was located on a farm just east of town.

This elevator appears to have been an Ogilvie Mills elevator prior to joining the Manitoba Pool.

This elevator was demolished in late March 2019.

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