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Inglis Grain
Elevators | Anne
of Green Gables
As western Canada filled with immigrants
and farming became the dominant occupation and business
in the west, the amount of grain produced grew
dramatically. The farmers grew a lot of grain and it was
sold in eastern Canada and in British Columbia. The
farmers initially brought their grain to the nearest
railhead where they sold it to the highest bidder and it
was shipped out.
Between 1900 and 1930
the production of grain reached an all time high and as
the farms brought in the grain, they were not always
able to get it sold and shipped immediately. The
solution to this situation was to build storage
facilities at the railheads and these quickly evolved
into the large tower type grain elevators which
eventually spread across the prairies and were a
dominate part of the skyline.
With the development of more efficient
transportation infrastructure, computer planned shipping
schedules and more grain car capacity, the need for the
elevators began to recede and the enormous number of
elevators began to fall into disuse.
The Inglis elevators
have been preserved as a piece of time when
life centred around the harvest, sale and the storage of
grain. They are located in the town of Inglis and were
built in 1922.
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