The Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company (SCEC) was a farmer-owned enterprise that provided grain storage and handling services to farmers in Saskatchewan, Canada between 1911 and 1926, when its assets were purchased by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.
John Archibald Maharg, President of the SCEC 1911–23
Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator (now the Cargill Pool Elevator) built in 1925 in Buffalo, New York
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A grain elevator is a facility designed to stockpile or store grain. In the grain trade, the term "grain elevator" also describes a tower containing a bucket elevator or a pneumatic conveyor, which scoops up grain from a lower level and deposits it in a silo or other storage facility.
Cargill grain elevator in La Crosse for barges (Click for aerial video)
Railroad grain elevator in Hope, Minnesota
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool No. 7, Thunder Bay, Ontario
The Port Perry mill and grain elevator, circa 1930: Built in 1873, it is the oldest grain elevator in Canada and remains a major landmark to this day. The line of the PW&PP Railway can be seen in the foreground.