The Grain Elevator was built in 1874 by influential grain merchant George Currie, on the waterfront at the foot of Queen Street. Like the hundreds or even thousands that once dotted Canada's prairie landscape, it was used as a storehouse for grain. . . . — — Map (db m261362) HM
Port Perry's historic three-storey grain elevator was erected near the Lake Scugog waterfront more than 140 years ago, and today it can lay claim to being the oldest, largest and most significant, wood-crib grain elevator left standing in Canada. . . . — — Map (db m261488) HM