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                    <text>KING'S ELEVATOR PORT ARTHUR -

BUILT 1883

HISTORICAL FACTS GRAIN ELEVATOR
CONSTRUCTION AND SHIPPING
LAKEHEAD HARBOUR

1883 -

1964

ONE OF THE LAKEHEAD'S MOST MODERN EI.EVATORS
PREPARED BY:

• . J. E. YOUNG. ESQ.

Chairman
LAKEHEAD HARBOUR COMMISSION

February 1985

�In the report of the Officers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society
for the year 1909 and 1910, Mr. Harry Sellers submitted a paper covering
the "Early History of the Handling and Transporlaiion of grain in :the
Thunder Bay District". This report covers grain handling and grain
elevator construction from 1883 up to 1910 and reported sorne 15 elevators
built and operating up until that time. A number of these elevators have
since disappeared and others have been buiit. At this date at the Lakehead, covering the waterfronts of Port Arthur and .F'ort William, we now
have a total of 26 large and some very modern grain elevators receiving
and shipping between 300 and 400 m1llion bushels of all grain3 each
eight month shipping season.
In the ea~ly 1930's, Vancouver and Churchill became grain shipping
Ports. The development of Vancouver as a grain shipping port ,Nas
referred to as "Stevens Folly" promoted by Hon. Harry Stevens who was
then the Minister of Trade and Commerce in the Federal Government.
Churchill was developed. as a grain shipping Port at the demand of the
Wes'~,2rn farmers as a shorter route to the Sea - thus reducing rail
rates. Both of these Ports have become very important in this trade
as the following figures will show, and have thus established very direct
competition with the Canadian Lakehead which had become a "Captive
Route".
With only a few days to go to close the crop year for 1963 - 04, as
of July 31st reports show that the two railways have moved 7:56.8
million bushels of wheat - nearly 28 million more than total farm
deliveries of Wheat, Oats, BarJey, Rye, and Flax to licensed elevators.
The C.P.R. moved 198,724 cars with 396 million bushels to the Lakehead
and Vancouver, and other milling destinations. To the same points, and
also to Churchill, the C.N.R. moved 182,397 cars with 360.8 million
bushels. Both railways delivered some ;i2,000 cars of grain to the Lakehead Elevators during the month of July 1964 and grain shipments from
the Lakehead Elevators by water during the same crop year amounted to
442.6 million bushels. The number of vessels required are not available,
but the new and larger lake vessels have reduced the number required
considerably; for instance, the Canada Steamship Lines vessel ''Saguenay ',
730 feet long and 75 feet wide. established a record when she cleared
the Lakehead on August 28 with 945,596 bushels-60 lbs to the bushel-total cargo 28,368 tons.
Vancouver duiing the same crop year shipped 220.7 million
bushels and Churchill 21.7 million, with these three ports being quite
capable of handling and shipping all the grain Western Canada can grow.
It would appear reasonable to presume that new elevator construct10n
at the Lakehead has about reached its limit in keeping with present
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�crop production. The exception being reconstruction of some of the old
workhouses and additionai storage bins which would also increase the
Lakehead shipping capacities.
Therefore the purpose of this paper is to provide as full a
coverage as possible from records available of all grain elevators built
at the Lakehead since 1883. Also showing the additional storage bins
built to these elevators since their original construction which now
totals some 106,000,000 bushels. In addition listing those elevators th3.t
were constructed and operated and have since disappeared, either being
torn down or destroyed by fire. This information I feel is necessary in
order to give a complete and full coverage of the present days total which
represents an investment of well over 200 million dollars.
Mr. Sellers points out that when the first grain arrived here from
the West in 1883 it was stored in warehouses built on the Kaministiquia
River bank and at ±i:5 Dock 'Marks Dock" in Port Arthur. ·whe2lbarrows
were used to mov~· the grain from the railway cars to the sheds and
also for loading of vessels. The " S. S. ERIN" took the first load of 80,000
bushels. The inadequacy of this method of handling grain was soon
replaced by the construction of "Kings Elevator" at Port Arthur, later
known as "Horne Elevator" and replaced now and known as "Manitoba
Pool 2".
I will attempt to list all Grain Elevators built at the Lakehe3.d
in keeping with the yec?.r of construction or reconstruction - as follows:

CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY

A. B -

Who had built a raihvay through from Port Arthur to the grain
fields in the West, built a large elevator at Port Arthur known as
Elevator A - B.
of wooden construction in 1902, with Tile storage tanks - capacity
of workhouse 1,000,000 bushels - Tank capacity 5,000,000 bushels.
of wooden construction in 1902 as a workhouse - capacity 1,000,000
bushels (B) house was dismantled in 1919 and replaced 1920 with a modern
concrete structure installing mechanical dumping tables with
shoveling hoppers at the rear for part or divided cars of grain now known as Saskatchewan Pool #6,
(A) house was later torn down but not replaced.
INLAND ELEV A TORS "FEED MILLS"
THAT HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN OR DESTROYED BY FIRE

NATIONAL FEED MILL
2nd Avenue, Port Arthur
Built in 1905 of wooden construction - destroyed by fire 19i4 rebuilt 1915 again of wooden construction -- was torn down in
1936 - capacity 65,000 bushels.
R. B. McLEANS

KING'S ELEV A TOR
Built 1883 - workhouse of wooden construction-capacity 350,000
bushels - later storage tanks were built of tiie and concrete.
This building later was demolished and replaced with a modern
building known to the trade as "Manitoba Pool 2" and will be
listed with the elevators operating today.

Corner of Atlantic and Athabaska Streets, workhouse of wooden
construction - capacity 60,000 bushels. Later torn down. Dates
are not available.
R. B. McLEANS X
Corner McLaughlin and Pacific Avenue, built in 1920 of wooden
construction metal clad - capacity 70,000 bushels - torn dowa
in 1934.
CAPITAL ELEV A TOR

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY ELEV A TORS A - B - C - D

A
B
C
D

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Built on the north bank of the Kaministiquia River at the foot of
Victoria Avenue.
of wooden construction in 1885 -· capacity 1,039,880 bushels
of tile
construction in 1889 - capacity 482,000 bushels
of wooden construction in 1890 - · capacity 1,195,000 bushels
of steel tanks construction in 1902
as storage tanks for elevator (B) capacity 1,976,000 bushels
As new private Terminal Elevators were being built the railways
decided to vacate the grain handling business, therefore these
elevators were all torn down at various stages. The last company
to operate these elevators was the United Grain Growers of Alb2rta,
who built the U.G.G. Elevator at Current River and moved in and
commenced operation m 1928.
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Corner Arthur and Brunswick Avenue, built in HJ17 wooden
construction - capacity 60,000 bushels - torn down in 1935.
PATERSON ELEV ATOR (K)
Corner Yonge and King Streets, built in 1912 of wooden construction - capacity 60,000 bushels -·· torn down following the rebuilding of Paterson workhouse in 1927.
MOUNT McKAY FEED
Corner James and Gore Streets built in 1921 of wooden
construction - capacity 10,000 bushels - destroyed by fire 1928.
PARRISH &amp; HEIMBECKER '
had a small wooden elevator situated almost at the corner of

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�South Syndicate &amp; Mary Street which was torn down when the
same company built the Superior Elevator in Port Arthur in
1922 and is covered on Page 9.
JAMES DAVIDSON, FEED MILL
Corner Arthur and Marks Streets torn down in 1963.

capacity 20,000 bushels -

used for a few years and as the surplus grain was sold they were torn
down, leaving the concrete floors intact. On these concrete floors several
smaller industries have sprung up, for instance at the Ogi~vie Elevator a
Butler building was erected and is now used for the storage of Bulk
Cement by the St. Lawrence Cement Company. This cement is sold to the
local building trades.

INLAND ELEV A TORS STILL IN OPERATION
DAVIDSON AND SMITH
Corner Fort and Vickers Streets, built originally as a Matress
Factory - reconstructed into a Feed Mill in 1917 and 1918 oi:
concrete and brick with pannel walls - capacity 100,000 bushels.
BOL1ES ELEV A TOR
Hardisty Street, of wooden construction -- capacity 20,000 busl1els
- built in 19'13.
'
ELEVATORS BOTH INLAND AND ON THE WATERFRONT THAT
WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE AND OTHER CAUSES
CANADIAN NORTHERN B.AILWAY (B)
Workhouse Poj_•t Arthur, by fire 1919 -

rebuilt 1920.

NATIONAL FEED MILL
Workhouse Port Arthur, by fire 1914 -

rebuilt 1915.

LIST OF iE LEV A TORS PRESENTLY OPERATING AT THE
LAKEHEAD SHOWING DATES OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION
AND DATES OF ADDITIONAL STORAGE ANNEX'$
UNITED GRAIN GROWERS
OF ALBERTA (U.G.G.)

Built in 1927 -- of concrete - original capacity 3,000,000 bush2ls,
a 4,300,000 storage annex built in 1960 - total capacity 8,250,000
bushels.
With the rebuilding of the Lakeside storage annex in 1962, the
most modern type of loading gallery was installed capable of
loading vessels with 25,000 tons or 1,000,000 bushels in eight hours.
ALBERTA POOL #9

SASKATCHEWAN POOL #5
Current River now POOL 4B
Workhouse Port Arthur destroyed by ''Dust Explosion" 1945 rebuilt 1946.
UNITED GRAIN GROWERS OF ALBERTA
The original storage annex on lake side slipped off its foundation
and into the slip in 1961 - rebuilt in 1962.
BLACK AND MUIRHEAD
Kam River, destroyed by fire 1919.
PATERSON (0)
Kam River, workhouse destroyed by fire 1926 -

Formerly the UNION TERMINAL ELEVATOR built in H.116-17
original capacity 300,000 bushels.
2nd storage annex added in 1917 - 600,000 bushels
3rd storage annex added in 1927 - 900,000 bushels
The wooden workhouse was torn down in 1930 anci rebuilt of
concrete adding 1,000,000 bushel storage - total capacity 2,800,000.
SASKATCHEWAN POOL #4 (A) UNIT

Built in 1917 of brick and concrete - capacity 2,500,000 bushels.
2nd Unit built in 1919 - capacity 2,000,000 bushels
3rd Unit built in 1923 -- capacity 2,000,000 bushels
SASKATCHEWAN POOL #4 (B) UNIT

rebuilt 1927.

GILLESPIE ISLAND #2
Kam River, destroyed by fire 1923.
MOUNT McKAY FEED MILL
Kam River, destroyed by fire 1928.

?riginally known as (B) house, later changed to Pool #5 built
m 1918 ·- concrete workhouse and storage bins 2,200,000 bu~hels.
2nd Unit built in 1923 500,000 bushels
3rd Unit built in 1927 - 1,000,000 bushels
Total capacity of both (A) and (B) houses - 8,700,000 bushels.
The original Pool #5 was destroyed by dust explosion in 1945.
RICHARDSON ELEV A TOR

DISTRESS GRAIN STORAGE HOUSES

During the
large quantity of
storage room at a
sheds were built

years of 1939 - 40, Canada found itself with a very
surplus grain that it was unable to sell, which p'.aced
premium - result about 15 temporary wooden storag~
adjacent to the various elevators. These sheds were

Operated by EASTERN TERMINAL ELEVATOR CO.
1st Unit built 1918 - concrete construction workhouse and storage
bins - 1,905,000 bushel capacity
2nd Unit built 1922 - bins 1,500,000 bushel capacity
3rd Unit built 19:30 - bins 2,000,000 bushel capacity
Total capacity 5,405,000 bushels.

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��2nd Unit built 1928 - capacity 3,000,000 bushels -- concrete
3rd Unit built 1948 - capacity 2,100,000 bushels -- concrete
Total capacity 9,000,000 bushels
This elevator has FIVE automatic rail car dumpers - unloading
capacity in 8 hours - 200 rail cars.

l\1ANITOBA POOL #2
This elevator replaced the old KING'S ELEVATOR built in 1883
of wood later concrete and tile bins were bu ilt in 1904.
I feel it safe to say that a second wooden wor khouse was built
and torn down and replaced with one of concrete in 1923 total capacity 1,400,000 bushels. This elevator differs from the
others in vessel loading in that a gallery is used to carry the
grain on conveyor belts to vessel loading spouts.

THUNDER BAY ELEV A TOR
Originally built by the CANADIAN CONSOLIDATED GRAIN CO.
later purchased by the UNITED GRAIN GROWERS OF ALBERT A
built 1909 wooden workhouse with concrete storage bin.:, capacity
1,500,000 bushels.

SASKATCHEWAN POOL #6
Originally built and operated by the CANADIAN NORTHERN
RAILWAYS in 1902 with two wooden workhouses. The three
storage units had a capacity of 6,734,000 bushels. The (B) workhouse was dismantled in 1919 and was replaced in 1920 with a
new concrete structure with modern automatic rail car dump2r.s
(the first at the Lakehead) increasing the capacity by 600,00:l
bushels - the other wooden workhouse (A) was then torn down total capacity 7,334,000 bushels.
MANITOBA POOL #3
Originally the RELIANCE ELEV ATOR CO. first unit built in
1924 of concrete
1st Unit built 1924 - capacity 1,400,000 bushels, concrete
2nd Unit built 1929 - capacity 2,150,000 bushels, concrete
3rd Unit built 1960 - capacity 2,500,000 bushels, concrete
4th Unit built 1961 - capacity 1,650,000 bushels, Steel Tanks
Total capacity - 7,700,000 bushels.
CANADA MALTING CO.
Originally the BA WLF ELEV A TOR CO.
1st Unit built 1923 - capacity 1,250,000 bushe}s - concrete
2nd Unit built 1927 - capacity 1,100,000 bushels - concrete
3rd Unit built 1961 - capacity 535,000 bushels -- concrete
The 3rd Unit is a malting house for the processing of malt whic~1
started some few years earlier - total capacity 2,885,000 bushels
- this elevator has one dumping table for rail car unloading and
two shoveling tracks.
STEWART ELEVATOR
Originally buill by MR. JAMES STEWART, Esq.
by the FEDERAL GRAIN CO.
1st Unit built 1923 - capacity 1,250,000 bushels
2nd Unit built 1927 - capacity 1:000,000 bushels
3rd Unit built 1960 - capacity 1,200,000 bushels
Total capacity 3,450,000 bushels.

later purchas2d
- concrete
--- concrete
- concrete

capacity 3,900,000 bushels -

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Originally built by the CANADIAN GOVERNMENT in 1913
Total capacity 3,250,000 bushels - of concrete construction.

MANITOBA POOL

#1

1st Unit built 1914 - capacity 400,000 bushels - concrete
2nd Unit built 1916 - capacity 1,000,000 bushels - concrete
3rd Unit built 1962 - capacity 4,680,000 bushels - concrete
This 3rd unit consisted of modern concrete workhouse to replace
the old house and additional storage bins - also concrete elevated
rail car trucks - and the most modern gallery system for vessel
loading capable of loading' 1,000,000 bushels in 8 hours, total
capacity 6,080,000 bushels.
SUPERIOR ELEVATOR
1st Unit built
2nd Unit built
3rd Unit built
Total capacity

1922 - capacity 300,000 bushels - concrete
1927 - capacity 508,000 bushels - concrete
1961 - capacity 817,000 bushels -- concrete
1,625,000 bushels.

THE FOLLOWING ELEV A TORS ARE ALL LOCATED ON THE
KAMINISTIQUIA RIVER AND IN THE TURNING BASIN
FORT WILLIAM SECTION
SASKATCHEWAN POOL #12
Originally built by the EMPIRE ELEV ATOR CO. later sold to the
FORT WILLIAM ELEVATOR CO.
1st unit built 1904 - capacity 1,750,000 bushels - workhouse
built of Wood-Metal Clad - tanks Concrete and Tile - ·- now
being used for storage purposes only - for economic reasons of
operation.
SASKATCHEWAN POOL #8

SASKATCHEWAN POOL #7
1st Unit built 1928 -

McCABES ELEV A TOR

concrete

Originally the •OGILIVE ELEV ATOR &amp; FLOUR MILL CO. LTD.
• 1st unit built 1906 - capacity 500,000 bushels - Wooden work-9-

�house and Steel Bins: Some of these Steel Bins slipped into the
river and was rebuilt for operations in 1907.
2nd unit built i911 - capacity 1,500,000 bushe~s - concrete
3rd unit built 1915 - capacity 1,000,000 bushels - concrete
4th unit built 1944 - includes a car dumper receiving house
Total capacity 3,000,000 bushels
OGILIVE FLOUR. AND FEED
BY-PRODUCT MILL ·.
Built in 1905 this mill manufactures Feed - Glucose - Starch - and
other by-products from grain - built of wood and Iron Clad.
WESTLAND ELEVATOR

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Formerly the NORTHLAND ELEVATOR also know as ELEVATOR
(D) built by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
1st unit built 1899 - capacity 300,000 bushels - concrete
and steel
2nd unit built 1899 - capacity 1,600,000 bushels - concrete
and steel
3rd unit built 1912 - capacity 1,700,000 bushels --- concrete
4th unit built 1913 - capacity 3,900,000 bushels - concrete
Total capacity 7,500,000 bushels
The above figures are taken from the revised list dated May
1962, but the original description of this construction does not
show dates of building but shows the storage capacities as follows:
1st unit 400,000 bushels

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2nd .unit 2,500,000 bushels
3rd .unit 1,100,000 bushels
4th unit 3,500,000 bushels

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Total capacity shows the same
7,500,000 bushels as 1962 revised
list.

SASKATCHEWAN POOL #10
Originally buiit by the CONSOLIDATED ELEV ATOR CO. later
sold to the FORT WILLIAM ELEVATOR CO. LTD. As originally
built - one unit in 1913 - capacity 1,750,000 bushels - concrete
cons,truction.
SASKATCHEWAN POOL

# 11

SASKATCHEWAN POOL #5
Originally built by the WESTERN TERMINAL ELEVATOR CO.
of concrete and tile construction.
1st unit built 1909 - capacity 914,800 bushels
2nd unit built 1914 - capacity 1,130,500 bushels
64,000 bushels
3rd unit built 1915 - capacity
161,000 bushels
4th unit built 1917 -- capacity
829,000 bushels
5th unit built 1923 - capacity
Total capacity 3,100,000 bushels.
PATERSON ELEVATOR
Owned by N. M. PATERSON AND CO. LTD. - present workhous2
of concrete - built in 1927 - i00,000 bushel capacity.
3rd storage unit built 1927 - 1,000,000 bushels - concr€te
4th storage unit built 1931 -- 2,000,000 bushels - concrete
Total capacity 4,100,000 bushels.
NORTHWESTERN ELEVATOR
Owner FEDERAL GRAIN CO. LTD.
1st Unit built 1917 - capacity 390,000 bushels - concrete
2nd Unit built 1917 - capacity 275,000 bushels - concrete
3rd Unit built 1919 - capacity 520:000 bushels - concrete
4th Unit built 1922 - capacity 2,000,000 bushels - concrete
5th Unit built 1924-5 consisting of additional workhouse capacity.
Total capacity 3,185,000 bushels.
LAK,E HEAD TERMINAL
ELEVATORS LTD.
Formerly known as ELECTRIC ELEVATOR {Operated by Purvis
Grain Co.)
1st Unit built 1916 - capacity 100,000 bushels - wood-metal clad
2nd Unit built 1916 - capacity 400,000 bushels - concrete
3rd Unit built 1926 - capacity 500:000 bushels - concrete
T-otal capacity 1,000,000 bushels.
This elevator uses a gallery vessel loading system.
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC ELEVATOR

Originally the FORT WILLIAM ELEV A TOR CO. LTD. Operated by
the MUTUAL ELEVATOR CO.
1st unit built 1907 - workhouse capacity 150,000 bushels
2nd unit buHt 1907 - storage tanks capacity 900,000 bushels
~rd :unit built 19-10 - storage tanks capacity 700,000 bushels
. Total capacity 1,750,000 bushels -- built of concrete and tile.
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Owned by NATIONAL GRAIN CO. LTD.
1st Unit built 1909 - capacity 750,000 bushels- workhouse
concrete
2nd Unit built 1909 -· capacity 2,500,000 bushels
3rd Unit built 1912 -· capacity 2,500,000 bushels - concrete
Total capacity 5,750,000 bushels .

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�SEARLE ELEV A TOR

Owned by SEARLE GRAIN CO. LTD.
1st Unit built 1928 - workhouse -- 200,000 bushels ·2nd Unit built 1928 -- storage - i,400,000 bushels 3rd Unit built 1928 - storage - 1,400,000 bushels -·4th Unit built 1930 - storage - · 2,000,000 bushels Total capacity 5,000,000 bushels.

concrete
concrete
concrete
concrete

PAT,ERSON - MANITOBA POOL #1 - SASKATCHEWAN POOL #7
- MANITOBA POOL #3 - RICHARDSON ELEVATOR - All have
Marine Unloading Legs.
Since the St. Lawrence Seaway came into being in1959 - the following
elevators have provided additional water depths under loading spouts
enabling vessels to load to seaway depths of 25 :Y2 feet; UNITED GRAIN
GROWERS, SASK. POOL #7, MANITOBA POOL #L SEARLE GRAIN
CO. have also provided foundation improvements for 30 feet of water and
arrangements have been made for dredging the entrance of Mission River
and Turning Basin to 27 ft . also the elevator slip, this improved vessel
loading has placed the Lakehead in a competitive position with any other
Port within the Great Lakes system.
The main Harbour is dredged to 27 feet.-River water depths are
as follows: 75% of the entire area has 26 to 30 feet of water, 25 % , the
remainder, is restricted to 25 feet or less which restricts the entire river
area to 25 feet.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE INCREASED
GRAIN TONNAGE~ AS SHIPPED THROUGH THE LAKEHEAD
HARBOUR IN 10 YEAR PERIODS SINCE 1903

1903
1914
1924
1934
1944
1954

-

1913
1923
1933
1943
1953
1963

All
All
All
All
All
All

Grain
Grain
Grain
Grain
Grain
Grain

-12- -

731,34:5,185
1,343,345,825
2,637,134,001.
2,010,745,475
3,329,558,360
2,984,787,672

bushels
bushels
bushels
bushels
bushels
bushels

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