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JBM252

Depot Harbour Elevators

Available Images: Full Size
Accession Number: JBM252
Category: Depot Harbour; Elevators
Description: The two elevators were owned by a company from Chicago. They were built in 1898 to store grain. Ships would arrive to drop off goods collected from the western part of the country, where trains would collect the goods to transport east.
Date: 1898
Source: PSPL
Physical Attributes: 11.6cm x 15cm; b/w photograph
Photographer: J.B. Miller
Keywords: Depot Harbour; elevators; grain; shipping; storage; goods; cargo; export; Parry Island; water; bay; lake; inlet; port; dock; wharf; pier; freight; ghost; town; abandoned; deserted; transfer point; west; east; Canada Atlantic Transit Company; CATC; export; buildings; granary; unload; terminal; Emma; Wasauksing;
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