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Grain elevator, Victoria Harbour, Ontario Canada [PRG 280/1/12/362] • Photograph

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Summary

Canadian Pacific Railway grain elevator and silos, Victoria Harbour, Ontario. The photograph shows the first ship to unload at the new elevator in the fall of 1910, Empress of Fort William. Note the unfinished dock area. (information supplied by a researcher).

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Physical description

photograph; 9 x 27.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1910

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Silos -- Canada -- West St.John

Catalogue record

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General notes

postcard.

Historical information

The site of this grain elevator was the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Great Lakes Steamship Fleet and was renamed Port McNicoll, Ontario in 1911. The elevator was built on a natural island location, Maple Island which was filled in to connect railway tracks to the mainland. The grain elevator was expanded in 1912 and 1927. Grain storage capacity was 6.55 million bushels, short of the projected maximum size of 10 million bushels. The elevator employed 165 persons at peak time. Grain would be received by lake freighter, usually from Lake Superior and unload at this elevator. The grain would then be loaded into boxcars and transferred to the Canadian East Coast, West Saint John, Newbrunswick. It closed in January 1990 after the cancellation of a federal government rail subsidy. The building was totally demolished in February 2009. (information supplied by a researcher).

Digitisation information

Date

31/01/2003

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,204 x 1,963 pixels (6.3 MP)

Size

6.31 MB

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