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The first concrete silo was built You probably noticed the present
in 1942 and the others added Hotel on the corner of Wattle and
over the years. if you travel Rainbow Street. The original hotel of
to the north end of town you the old style with shady verandah all
will spot the Graincorp Grain round, was replaced by the current
Receival Site where the grain one after a fire burnt it down in early
from the modern harvest is 1961. Actually many of the original
tested, stored, graded etc. buildings in Manangatang met their
before being transported out to end by fire. It was thought that the
ports at Geelong & Melbourne. use of kerosene refrigerators was
The bumper 2010/11 season is the cause, and also the fact that
said to have produced in excess Manangatang didn’t have an efficient
of 240 thousand tonnes. fire fighting unit until the 1950s.
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