A History of Elmsdale, Elmsdale West, and Brockton, Prince Edward Island

moved with him but only stayed for a year and they moved back to Elmsdale. Ken ' remained there throughout the week and ran the business until he sold it. Family mem- bers do not know when or to whom it was sold. While Ken ran the warehouse in Winsloe, Elmer Wallace ran the Alberton potato warehouse.

ELMSDALE GRAIN Lillian Adams Coll. ELEVATOR I

Elmsdale Grain Elevator No. 3 During the winter of 1.977 a

meeting was held in which it

was announced that a new grain elevator would be built in the near future and West Prince farmers were urged to grow more grains. The Elmsdale elevator, the third to be built in the province, was constructed at a coSt of $1.64 million. The provincial and federal governments funded this project, started in June 1977. The elevator is situated on five acres of land on Highway #2 near the village of Elmsdale. It is 78 feet high and has a 24—foot inside diameter. The concrete walls are seven inches thick and it is completely covered by a concrete roof. It sits on a solid concrete base that is 160 feet long by 60 feet wide, and has a storage capacity of approximately 300,000 bushels. Nearly 240 cubic yards of concrete were used in its construction. In order that no space is wasted the conical shaped area between each of the ten silos

iS Surrounded by concrete as well. These areas, called starbins, can also be used for storage.

When a truckload of grain comes to the elevator for storage, it is weighed and driven to the unloading area in the front of the complex. The truck dumps its contents onto a Conveyor belt and the grain is taken inside the elevator where it is cleaned and

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