Friends of Grain Elevators

G3 Terminal "Searle"

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office floor scale and bin chart

Inside the office of the G3 terminal. This chalkboard keeps track of annex inventory. Photo taken during a tour of the facility.

four computers on a desk in an office

Pictured is the computer system used in the G3 terminal office. Photo taken during a tour of the facility.

office with computer and chart

Another angle of the office at G3 terminal. Photo taken during a tour of the facility.

car shed in elevator

An interior view of the car shed at G3 terminal. Visible are the grates between the tracks that grain falls through when unloaded. Photo taken during a tour of the facility.

Cleaner

One of the many cleaners at G3 terminal on the cleaner floor. Cleaning machines either shake grain through a series of sieves or tumble grain to remove excess chaff, screenings, and other foreign material. Photo taken during a tour of the facility.

distributing floor

An interior view of the distributing floor (sometimes called the D Floor) at G3 terminal. The large spouts get moved around to the small hatches on the floor to empty into the bins below.

annex trip

Interior view of the conveyor belts on the annex floor at G3 terminal. Photo taken during a tour of the facility.

Annex Belts

Another view of the conveyor belts on the annex floor at G3 terminal. Photo taken during a tour of the facility.

pool elevator in the wniter with snow on the ground

Exterior view of Pool 15's original annexes. Unlike other terminals, these annexes were built with square sides to provide extra interspace bins between the circular silos.

tracks leading to beige elevator with light snowfall on the ground

A view between the two annexes at Pool 15. The annex on the left was a later addition to the main terminal. Photo taken from the outshore rail tracks.

the ship breaking ice at the elevator on the port

A close photo of a ship docked at Searle Terminal. The Grand Trunk Pacific Terminal's annex is visible in the background.

black and white image of elevator on the port

A wide view of the full Searle Terminal with the Grand Trunk Pacific Terminal in the background. The neon 'Searle' sign is visible on the workhouse.

Searle-A

An engineering plan of Searle Terminal made by CD Howe Company.

snowy ground with elevator in the background

A view of the Pool 15 sign on the inshore annex of the terminal.

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