Woodnorth

Woodnorth grain elevator being moved to Cromer. Donald Bloomfield Hamilton collection
Woodnorth grain elevator being moved to Cromer. Donald Bloomfield Hamilton collection

The Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Woodnorth was built in 1960 and was closed in 1981. The elevator was moved to nearby Cromer later that year.

Grain Growers Grain Company #6 elevator in Woodnorth, 1915.
Grain Growers Grain Company #6 elevator in Woodnorth, 1915.

The first grain elevator in Woodnorth appears to have been built by the Grain Growers Grain Company (predecessor of UGG) and was numbered #6. It was later relettered as UGG #165.

Later Woodnorth also had a Manitoba Pool Elevator (#135), and a British American (later National) grain elevator that burned in 1950 after being struck by lightning.

There is a great deal of information on Woodnorth here.

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