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Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company, Limited

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Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company, Limited was a grain company in Port Arthur.[1]

Directory listings

Year Name as listed Details Address Source
1920 SASKATCHEWAN CO-OPERATIVE ELEVATOR COMPANY, LIMITED, Terminal Elevators: Port Arthur PERCY McCALLUM, Superintendent J. N. ROBB, Treasurer, CURRENT RIVER, PORT ARTHUR PHONE NORTH 134. Terminal Elevators; Percy McCallum, Superintendent; J. N. Robb, Treasurer; Current River, Port Arthur; Phone North 134 p. 387[1]

In Papers and Records (1977)

Its Port Arthur elevator collapsed after a major storm on 8 December 1916, showing that a breakwater was needed before more elevators could be built.[2]

1920: advertisement in Henderson's Directory of Fort William and Port Arthur, 1920 (Henderson Directories Limited), p. 387.[1]

SASKATCHEWAN CO-OPERATIVE
ELEVATOR COMPANY, LIMITED,
Terminal Elevators: Port Arthur
PERCY McCALLUM, Superintendent
J. N. ROBB, Treasurer,
CURRENT RIVER, PORT ARTHUR
PHONE NORTH 134.

People named in the ad: Percy McCallum (superintendent); J. N. Robb (treasurer).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Henderson's Directory of Fort William and Port Arthur, 1920 (Henderson Directories Limited), p. 387.
  2. ↑ Randy Wilkie and F. Brent Scollie, "Thunder Bay Harbour, 1913 and 1936: Portraits in Maps", Papers and Records, vol. V (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1977), p. 21. Archived: datum.locker.