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The Saskatchewan Pool Elevator was built in 1925 by the Monarch Engineering Company for the Canadian Farmers Cooperative and was designed by C.D. Howe, a noted civil engineer and politician. The only grain elevator on Buffalo's Outer Harbor, it was built on fill to allow access to the deepest part of the lake and stood on more than 2,700 wooden piles driven to bedrock. During its operation, it had excellent deep-draft vessel capacity for unloading ships, was well served by the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and was one of Buffalo's fastest grain-handling facilities. Pillsbury Mills bought it in 1952 and operated it until 1962. Cargill Corporation bought it in 1964 and planned to use it as a winter grain facility, but soon left Buffalo and abandoned it. As of 2012, it served as a winter boat storage facility.
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