Paterson & Son (1922), the Northern Elevator Company (1922), Matheson-Lindsay (1922-23), Reliance (1941), and the United Grain Growers (1925). They were built by companies familiar to such locations – N.M. Four of these elevators were constructed during the golden age of grain the fifth was built during the Second World War. These five grain elevators were built along a Canadian Pacific Railway right-of-way that served the newly created town of Inglis, completed in 1922. The heritage value of Inglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site of Canada lies in its symbolic, visual and substantial representation of a phenomenon typical of the landscape of prairie towns through the early and mid 20th century. Inglis Grain Elevators were designated a national historic site of Canada in 1997 because: they are rare survivors in Western Canada and perhaps the last example of a large row from the “golden age” of elevators remaining in Manitoba the row is substantially intact, both architecturally and mechanically the individual elevators, erected between 19, are good illustrations of a number of the important types built by elevator companies operating on the Prairies at the time, including the co-operatives, the larger Canadian- and American-backed companies and smaller companies the row is set adjacent to elevator-related outbuildings and a rail line which contribute to the strong “elevator landscape” the rural community in which Inglis is located, is an important grain-growing district and is typical in form and character of the many small communities which once dotted the Canadian Prairies.
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