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Alberta Culture has designated the Alberta Wheat Pool grain elevator in Sexsmith as a municipal historic resource.
The designation protects the large wooden structure form demolition and makes it eligible for restoration work grants from the provincial government.
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The “prairie giant,” which stands adjacent to the CN rail line running through the town, is the only mid-20th century grain elevator in the Alberta Peace Country with a chance of survival.
Two others one in Hines Creek and another in Kinuso are still standing but no programs appear to have been put in place to preserve the old grain elevators.