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Cargill - Ogden Federal Grain Elevator

It was a Calgary landmark and was reduced to dust and rubble on Oct. 16, 2011 and it took only six seconds. It was a nearly century-old building praised as a model of innovative industrial architecture. The terminal was demolished using a controlled charge. Over the past few months, 682 holes were drilled in support columns to allow the structure to safely collapse on itself. It's not every day a 98-year-old landmark topples. The Ogden terminal was one of three concrete grain elevators constructed on the Prairies before the First World War by the federal government.
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator
Ogden Federal Grain Elevator