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Richards and Brown Warehouse
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In 1895, James H. Ashdown negotiated a deal with the Winnipeg
Transfer Railway to construct a railway spur line east
of Main Street. The line would run between Bannatyne and
Market avenues and serviced Winnipeg’s wholesale
community.
The increasing number of goods that were flowing
through Winnipeg could now be easily transferred and shipped
to Western Canada. Large warehouses were built east of
Main to take advantage of the city’s large workforce,
central location and favourable freight rates.
