The roof is leaking but the 82-year-old wooden elevator at Horizon, Sask., is still standing and the people in the southwestern Saskatchewan village want to keep it that way, said Kevin Klemenz.
He is organizing an effort to raise money to repair the structure so that it can be used to store and move grain again.
The renovation group has applied for a provincial heritage grant to fix it but won’t know if they get that $20,000 for another month or so. Meanwhile they are asking for donations so they can buy shingles, siding and paint, and for volunteers to help with the work.
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Donations can go to the Rural Municipality of Bengough or the Bengough Credit Union.
The elevator is one of two still standing in the village. The other elevator is still working and loading producer cars, Klemenz said. Both are on the short line railway that took over the track after the Canadian Pacific Railway sold it. Saskatchewan Wheat Pool closed or sold many of its elevators along the track, including this 2,870 tonne capacity structure that it bought from Federal Grain Ltd. in 1972.
The RM has designated both the elevators in the village as heritage sites.
