[Co-op Refinery, Regina, Saskatchewan]

Image of Co-op Refinery, Regina, Saskatchewan. Large parking lot filled with automobiles surrounds refinery; small "exit only" sign visible on right-hand side of photo. In foreground stands a stone monument with the ICL (International Co-operative Alliance) Rainbow flag mounted on top. Plaque on monument reads: "World's first Co-op refinery." In smaller print: "The Great Depression of the early nineteen thirties caused farm prices to fall while farm fuel costs remained high. A small group of courageous farmers from ten petroleum co-ops in the Regina-Moose Jaw-Weyburn area raised $32,000 to build, on this site, the first co-operative oil refinery in the world. It went 'on stream' on May 27th, 1935. Its success was a dynamic factor in the rapid growth of the consumer co-operative movement on the prairies."