WHO WE ARE
The Alberta Legacy Development Society incorporated as a registered society to save, preserve and develop the Leduc Elevator Village for future generations.
This is Helen Atkinson, the #1 lady to gain support for saving our grain elevator. Today the society is made up of a board and numerous volunteers that work to make sure our elevator is standing for future generations to see.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to develop viable and sustainable concepts that will benefit Canadians in the education of our children and the children of generations to come.
WHAT WE DO
Our immediate goal is to provide financial means through various fund raising activites, that we may develop the elevator village as an educational, historical site.
WHY WE DO IT
We feel that we are the caretakers of a valuable community resource that symbolizes the historic development of the Canadian west. It is our belief that through our heritage we learn to understand the meaning of the past and how it relates to our planning for the future.
WHAT DO OUR FUND-RAISING PROJECTS DO?
- Pay for the land and elevator village buildings
- Pay for maintenance and utilities
- Develop the buildings and property as an educational and tourist site
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
- Buy a membership?
- Volunteer (it’s a lot of fun!)
- Make a donation (every little bit helps)
- Attend our meetings (public is welcome)
- Spread the good word
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
- To know you have helped preserve a valuable, historic icon
- To know you have contributed to the education of future generations
- To be identified with a worthy and growing community project
Early grain elevators and bins were often constructed of framed or cribbed wood, and were prone to fire. Grain elevator bins, tanks and silos are now usually constructed of steel or reinforced concrete. Bucket elevators are used to lift grain to a distributor or consignor, from where it falls through spouts and/or conveyors and into one of a number of bins, silos or tanks in a facility. When desired, silos, bins and tanks are emptied by gravity flow, sweep augers and conveyors. As grain is emptied from bins, tanks and silos it is conveyed, blended and weighted into trucks, railroadcars or barges, and shipped to grain wholesalers, exporters and/or local end-users, such as flour mills, breweries and ethanol or alcohol distilleries.
The saved Leduc Grain Elevator, saved and operated by the Legacy Development Society in Leduc
A great film by Charles Konowal and presented by the National Film Board of Canada