Key Number:	HS 36183
Site Name:	Kirkpatrick - Alberta Pacific Grain Co. - Elevator
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Site Type:	0416 - Mercantile/Commercial: Storage Elevator

Location

ATS Legal Description:

			Twp	Rge	Mer
			29	21	4

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Town:	Kirkpatrick
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Architectural

Style:	Single Wood Elevator
Plan Shape:	Square
Storeys:	Basement: Partial Below Ground Level
Foundation:	Basement/Foundation Wall Material: Stone
Superstructure:	Wood Cribbing
Superstructure Cover:
Roof Structure:	Elevator: Gable on Gable, Medium Cupola
Roof Cover:
Exterior Codes:	Roof Trim - Eaves: Plain Fascia Roof Trim Material - Eaves: Metal Roof Trim - Verges: Plain Fascia Roof Trim Material - Verges: Concrete Window - Number of Sashes: Two, Double Hung Window - Opening Mechanism: Single or Double Hung Window - Pane Arrangements: 6 over 6 Elevator: Water Shed Skirting: Wood Elevator: Logo: Alberta Wheat Pool Elevator: Paint Colour: Cargill Green Elevator: Loading Spout: Box Car Elevator: Loading Spout: Hopper Car Elevator: Driveway Door: Board & Batten Double Doors Elevator: Driveway: Extended Driveway Exit Elevator: Driveway: Heightened Driveway Elevator: Driveway: Earth Ramp Elevator: Driveway: Concrete Ramp Elevator: Associated Buildings: Outhouse & Storage Elevator: Associated Buildings: Office
Exterior:	Small front extension 'Alberta Wheat Pool', painted on side. Paint colour - silver, white on driveway siding.
Interior:	N/A
Environment:	Associated buildings: Elevator outhouse/storage (78724); Elevator office (45980). Located in valley on abandoned railbed.
Condition:	Good (1997)
Alterations:	The elevator has a high degree of integrity both in structural and mechanical detail. Only the driveway has seen modifications to accommodate trucks as they have become larger. A cable hoist dump, installed to replace the original dump mechanism, is still extant. An eighty foot scale was installed, c. 1960s. The end of a loading spout for hopper cars is still extant on the trackside facade, as is the original box car loading spout.

Historical

Construction:	Construction Date:
Constructed	1924/01/01
Usage:	Usage Date:
Grain Elevator	1924/01/01
Owner:	Owner Date:
Alberta Pacific Grain Co. Federal Grain Ltd. Alberta Wheat Pool Len Andrew	1924/01/01 1942/01/01 1972/01/01 1997/01/01

Architect:	Alberta Pacific Grain Co.
Builder:	N/A
Craftsman:	N/A
History:	This elevator was built a year after the CPR constructed a spur line from Acme through the valley via Carbon to Drumheller. It was always a one elevator station, although Alberta Pool Elevator Co. had planned on building a 35,000 bu elevator as competition in 1928. APE cancelled its lease with the contractor and the site was surrendered. In 1940 an annex was built for additional storage, most probably of the temporary ballun type. A second annex, probably of the cribbed permanent type was built in 1957. Both these annexes were removed ca. 1990. In 1967 Alberta Pacific Grain (1942) Ltd. amalgamated with Federal Grain who ran the Kirkpatrick elevator until 1972. From then until 1982 when the railroad was taken out it was run by the Alberta Wheat Pool. It was then leased from 1984 to local farmer Len Andrew, who bought the elevator in 1997.

Internal

Designation Status:	Designation Date:
(not assigned)

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