The community was the site of two grain elevators serving local farmers. At its peak in the 1940s the elevators were handling over 100,000 bushels of wheat per year and a small number of houses surrounded them for those who worked there. The branch line, and with it the grain elevators, were shut in 1982 as the coal industry in the area dwindled making it unprofitable for the CPR. The elevator owned by the Alberta Wheat Pool was demolished, but the Parrish & Heimbecker grain elevator remains standing.
Doering, Chris (2012-08-03). "Sharples Alberta ghost town » Off the Beaten Path with Chris & Connie". We don’t always head into the mountains and this date had us doing some history exploring in the Drumheller area. Here, a few kilometres east of Carbon along an old CPR rail line is the ghost town of Sharples Alberta. I doubt the place ever amounted to much but all... Retrieved 2021-05-03.
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