INGLIS GRAIN ELEVATORS

Inglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site is the last remaining row of standard country grain elevators. Five elevators still stand intact beside an abandoned rail line in sharp contrast to the demolition of thousands of elevators experienced in numerous prairie towns... This impressive grouping of five standard-plan wooden grain elevators is a rare survivor of the long rows that once dominated Prairie towns. The row was built between 1922 and 1941, Manitoba's golden age of elevators, by a cross-section of grain-handling firms, including cooperatives and large companies backed by Canadian and American investors... Located in a town typical of many that dot the west, these slop-shouldered sentinels are surrounded by their outbuildings, rail line and fields of grain. They stand as power symbols of the Prairie landscape and lifestyle.

Also known as: Inglis, Inglis Grain Elevators National

Primary location: Inglis United States