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Jan 27, 2023 · It wasn’t long before the town of Rowley became a hub of activity: large fields were planted, harvested, and transported through the Rowley train station. Between 1915 and 1929, the local farmers built stores, banks, and other services in town so that they didn’t have to travel long distances to get what they needed.
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Jun 22, 2019 · In the 1920s, Rowley was a bustling Southern Alberta prairie town, with over 500 flourishing residents. But due to the devastating blow of the Great Depression, most residents abandoned the town and the once-thriving crops dried up due to lack of rain, leaving the place desolate and empty of any life. Buildings in small towns like these were ...
In the wake of the Home Company's misfortune, two other elevators were built at Rowley in 1917. These were owned by the National Grain Company and the United Grain Growers (UGG). The UGG had only recently been incorporated as a farmers-owned company, and it was a good time for it to build for, like most of the western prairies, the Rowley district was seeing high yields and much demand during ...
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- Buildings: 7Structures: 1
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In the mid-1970s, Rowley, which had once boasted a population of about 500 in the 1920s, was a beat-up dying community, with rows of empty houses and businesses, and inhabited by only a few dozen prairie-hardened souls. But one night, a few party-happy locals, whose liquor supply was fast dwindling, decided on a quick solution – a "B & E ...
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The Searle Grain Company Grain Elevator Site Complex is part of a row of grain elevators and auxiliary buildings in the hamlet of Rowley and includes a grain elevator, office/engine house, and fuel shed. The grain elevator features a thick, windowless shaft crowned by a cupola, the office features exterior sheet metal cladding, and the fuel shed is...
The heritage value of the Searle Grain Company Grain Elevator Site Complex lies in its association with the development of grain-handling and shipping facilities in the province, its high degree of integrity as an example of a typical period grain elevator complex, and its landmark value. In 1909, Alberta Premier Alexander Rutherford offered railwa...
The character-defining elements of the Searle Grain Company Grain Elevator Site Complex include such features as: Grain elevator: - thick, wooden, windowless shaft crowned by gable roofed cupola; - crib construction; - wood plank construction drive shed with south end access doors; - original design elements, fixtures, and machinery, including the ...
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Oct 15, 2018 · 20) The Rowley Station is original, built by Canadian National Railway in the 1920s replacing an earlier Canadian Northern structure on the same lot. It’s a most amazing building, rare and very much as built in near every way and is sometimes open during Pizza Night. Make a point to tour it if you can. It’s so special inside and out.
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Calgary, Canada184 contributions. Scary and Very Nice. Rowley is near Trochu, on Road 839, close to Morrin Village. It's a Ghost Town, meaning that nobody lives there anymore, but is maintained so that people can still visit it. It's in the middle of the prairies, which make the thing exciting, as you can only see prairies, and all of a sudden ...
