Prairie Sentinals for Patischell

Pati was wondering about Grain Elevators and Inland Terminals.

I'll start with the farmer's bins...these are the modern method of storing grain.

Town of Rouleau's elevator.....saved from demolition since it's a backdrop in the weekly sitcom *Corner Gas*. The Elevator has the fictional town's name on it now.

Wood Mountain

Crane Valley's ........looks to be still in use

Mortlach's.......might be a train IMCANADIAN (Joelle) was working on.

Mortlach again with the Pool and Patterson Elevators

Really ugly metal Inland Terminal

One of Moose Jaw's Elevators.

Moose Jaw's cement Inland Terminal

Some elevators have been saved by farmers. They have taken over the abandoned rail line in their area, purchased an engine and a couple of cars to continue transporting their grain .... instead of individually trucking their grain to a far away inland terminal. I 'm not sure if it was a successful venture for them or if they are still doing it.

I dont' have too many of elevators, but this one was taken several years ago, on the road between Kindersley and Eston, Sask. I dont' believe the elevator is there anymore. Dear son in the picture.

This picture was taken by a friend of ours in Eston, when they imploded the elevator a couple of years ago. He used to be the manager of this elevator. Must have been hard to watch.

Thsi one was taken by a local Eston photographer, Jack Mah. MCMorran was a small community just north of Eston, but disappeared years ago(before I ever came on the scene!)

Good pictures Glenda! Ü DH and I were shaking our heads over how fast you found them and uploaded them! DH thought the Sandgren elevator would have been bought by the local farmers.......looks to be in excellent shape.

The imploding shot of the Eston elevator is fantastic! I'm sure glad you had one of it! Sure makes me sad tho.

DH mentioned that the snow fence wood is also disappearing just as fast. The aged wood is very popular with crafters.

Yes, snow fences now seem to be yucky orange plastic!!!! LOL

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Pam, several years ago, we had a fellow in ESton, the United Church minsiter, who eventaully left, and worked in Swift Current. One of his projects was to track all the elevators in Saskatchewan, and he had them on the internet. He has since died, and I don't know if the website is still up. I will try and research that.

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By the way, it's only been the last year that I have tried to catalogue all our pictures, Not 100% doen yet, but it is much easier to find things on my computer pictures now that I kind of know where to look!!!

I dont' think is the site I was looking for, but it has tons of great pictures too.

http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/elevators/

The phrase "capturing these distinctive landmarks before they disappear" has almost come to pass. :b That's a really good link Glenda! Ü

I think the link that I was looking for is no longer there. I did find a reference to it, but the link was broken. I think hubby actually captured all those pictures, just for that reason. If no one is able to look after a link, it just disappears. I will ask him if he still has the pictures. I don't know if I would be able to post them as I don't know who actually owns or owned them!

ggd

Thank you so much for the pictures. These are beautiful old structures, sad to see them going away. When you see them you know exactly what they are. The new inland terminals could be holding anything! I hope the farmers are successful in their bid to hold on to their way of shipping and so they all won't disappear.

I was particulary interested in the one in Moose Jaw. My step son lived there and told us about the harvesting, but never about the storage. He moved over to Alberta, but still travels to Sask. to see customers.
Thanks again,
Pati

There's a couple of others I'll get a picture of then Pati......there's the old Robin Hood elevator/flour mill (my favorite....it *used* to have a huge painting of Errol Flynn as Robin Hood on it) and a huge elevator on South Hill.

There is a coffee table book of grain elevators too, can't remember the name. Joelle

I'll check amazon.com or the library catalog....I know MJPL has a couple of them.

This is the one I've looked at http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/155046423X/qid=1106849689/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_1_2/702-8589827-7852827

What run do you work on Joelle? My Great Grandfather was an engineer for CP, he did the Moose Jaw to Broadview run and then went out to BC and had the horrifying Kettle Valley run. He also brought the first settlers to the prairies in 1882.......he had been a Police Officer in Montreal and decided that he wanted to head west so he became an engineer.

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Thanks to you Glenda & Pam, for the great thread. When my Saskatchewan born & bred DH comes home tonight, it'll be a wonderful treat for him to browse through. I noticed so many places where he either worked or lived. Kindersley, Davidson, Meadow Lake, QuAppelle (don't know if I have that spelling right there). I would love to have the shot of the Domremy Elevator blown up and framed for him. That is his birthplace and hometown where he has many memories. It would be a great birthday present. Hmmmm...

Hubby has put a folder of Saskatchewan elevator pictures on my computer. There are 272 pictures, so if anyone wants a pic of any particular elevator, I could see if we have it.

Glenda

I'm glad you have that Glenda....DH has a number too but they aren't on the puter and I'd have no idea of where to start looking for them.

I've been on the Kettle Valley Railroadd, Pam. It was a gorgeous trip with fantastic scenery. Why did your Gr. Grandpa find it horrifying? Because of the mountains?

This is a great thread. I'm not a prairie girl, but do enjoy seeing history, and canadiana.

The area he had was with all the wooden trestles (19 in total I think). He had it in the early 1900's and if I remember correctly mountain slides were very common at that time.....safety measures weren't what they are now. I don't know what he thought about it but my father said it was a very dangerous run and said some scary incidents occured during the time that his Grandfather had that area. http://www.trailsbc.ca/okanagan_region/myra-canyon-history.html

I think this sentence describes the run well:

Donna I don't think much scared him....he had strong Scottish highlander blood in him. I however am a flatlander through and through....the Swiss and highlander blood that's in me doesn't help a bit when there is a sheer drop. :S My palms get sweaty just watching people climbing cliffs on television.

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Pati here's Moose Jaw's SaskWheat Pool Elevator.

Another side

Backside of the old Robin Hood Elevator

That's big Pam, is it still used for wheat? And are those windows for offices in the taller building, or something else. I know next to nothing about these.

Front side with Errol Flynn painted over with white paint.

I believe they unload all kinds of grain into it Linda. Both sides hold grain but part of the tall building I believe has some offices. When I was young and stupid and at a party a young man that worked there took us into it after hours. We went up an elevator that consisted of a very narrow platform big enough to hold your feet and there was/is a little bar to clutch onto. To get onto the platform you have to step across a foot and a half of open space....not too bad at the bottom of the ride but I was terrified when we had to go down it after going up to the roof. We were sooooooooo stupid!!

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LOL, I'm never gonna take you hiking with me, Pam. The Wooden Trestles of the Southern Interior are loved by all the Hikers and Cylcists who make the trip over the Kettle Valley Railroad section of the Trans Canada Trail every year. The Okanagan fires consumed six wooden trestles on this historic railway line around Kelowna. Contruction to rebuild them is ongoing. We had some English Military come and rebuild some of the trestles around Christina Lake. I can imagine the original construction of them would have been a harrowing experience for your Grand Dad, but as one who has treked and cycled over these trestles, we are very thankful that they did such a fine job for us to enjoy all these years later.