The following is a list of books about grain elevators – Canadian, American, whatever! If you have any additions to the list, please email me!
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Canadian Grain Elevators
- Gone But Not Forgotten – Tales of the Disappearing Grain Elevators, Elizabeth McLachlan (book review)
- Wheat Kings – Vanishing Landmarks of the Canadian Prairies, Greg McDonnell
- Prairie Sentinel – The Story of the Canadian Grain Elevator, Brock V. Silversides
- Prairie Giants, Hans Dommasch
- Changing Horizons: Grain Elevators of Alberta, Joshua Soles
- Mac Runciman: A Life in the Grain Trade, Paul D. Earl
- Rails Across the Prairies: The Railway Heritage of Canada’s Prairie Provinces, Ron Brown
- Old Time Grain Elevators: Stories & Photography From a Vanishing Way of Life, Barbara Krupp Selyem
- Old Time Grain Elevators II: Stories & Photography From a Vanishing Way of Life, Barbara Krupp Selyem
- Still Standing: The Grain Elevators of Southern Alberta, Sophi Hicken
- Still Standing II: The Grain Elevators of Central & Northern Alberta, Sophi Hicken
- Still Standing III: The Grain Elevators of Saskatchewan, Sophi Hicken
- Forgotten Saskatchewan, Chris Attrell
- Grain Elevators: Beacons of the Prairies, Chris Attrell
- The Book of Saskatchewan Grain Elevators, Jack Robson
- Prairie Sentinels (booklet), North-Western Line Elevator Association (1940)
Grain Elevator Company Histories
- A Farmer’s Company Comes of Age, United Grain Growers
- From Prairie Roots: The Remarkable Story of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, Garry Fairbarn
- The First Fifty Years: A History of United Grain Growers Ltd., R.D. Colquette
- Service At Cost – A History of Manitoba Pool Elevators 1925-1975, F.W. Hamilton
- Tides in the West – A Wheat Pool Story, 1961, Leonard D. Nesbitt (Alberta Wheat Pool)
- The Rise and Fall of United Grain Growers, Paul D. Earl (buy on AbeBooks)
American Grain Elevators
- Grain Dust Dreams, David W. Tarbet
- Grain Elevators, Bernd Becher
- Grain Elevators: An Architecture of Primary Forms, Dennis Galloway
- Measure of Emptiness: Grain Elevators in the American Landscape, Frank Gohlke
- Grain Elevators, Lisa Mahar-Keplinger
- The American Grain Elevator: Function and Form, Linda Laird
- Grain Elevators of North America, Charles Shcmucker Clark, 1942
Fiction
- The Great Grain Elevator Incident, Kevin Miller