23-06-2024 17:10 via calgary.ctvnews.ca

'Bulldozing our history': Alberta man working to restore town's grain elevators

When Leo Wieser worked in the movie biz, he built a million-dollar swimming pool that was used for one day. Now he’s fighting to raise at least that much, entering contests, running raffles and hosting movie nights, to preserve two 21-metre icons of the Prairies – twin grain elevators in Nanton, Alta. "These were the beacons. These were the things from the 1910s and 1920s that were actually landmarks,” said Wieser. “You're going to go in the office (there), you're going t
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