History of the Transcona Grain Elevator

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  • čas přidán 8. 11. 2014
  • A history of the failure and righting of the Transcona Grain Elevator, one of Transcona's most unique and intriguing landmarks.
    Special thanks to Ken Skaftfeld and Bill Parrish Sr. for their help and guidance throughout the making of this video.
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Komentáře • 31

  • @JP-su8bp
    @JP-su8bp Před rokem +4

    Solid presentation, thank you. The passion of the presenters made this enjoyable as well as informative.

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis Před rokem +1

    Bravo! Excellent presentation and thanks for sharing and the very best of luck!

  • @kathyrose1562
    @kathyrose1562 Před 3 lety +6

    Fascinating!!! Amazing what they could do without all the equipment that we have nowadays

  • @MrUranium238
    @MrUranium238 Před rokem +2

    The fact they up righted it is amazing.

  • @GosselinFarmsEdGosselin
    @GosselinFarmsEdGosselin Před 6 lety +6

    WOW and awesome!!!
    Lots of manual labor to get it straightened up!! But then, look back on a lot of things in the early 1900s, there were a lot of truly amazing things accomplished without modern equipment..

  • @RedIron1066
    @RedIron1066 Před 8 lety +4

    Fascinating story! Thanks for sharing!

  • @trussell8510
    @trussell8510 Před 3 lety +3

    Really interesting and great presentation!!! Thank you

  • @davidkimmel4216
    @davidkimmel4216 Před rokem +2

    Very interesting

  • @neilferguson7274
    @neilferguson7274 Před 8 lety +6

    At 2:20 he states that they should have loaded it uniformly to help keep the weight distributed evenly (avoiding eccentricity). I've seen many sources stating that during the original fill they were careful to load the bins uniformly and it still failed.

    • @kansascityshuffle8526
      @kansascityshuffle8526 Před 3 lety

      This place was and still is a swampy area. I have personally worked in Transcona yard. I am leaning more to a failure in land preparation.

  • @bert26a
    @bert26a Před rokem +1

    The soils throughout much of the Red River Valley and the Winnipeg area are generally quite poor due to being the bottom of Lake Agassiz. You have to dig quite deep like 15-20 feet deep depending on where you are to get good firm soil. This is the reason why so many larger buildings and even houses are built with pilings beneath them.

  • @watchjaredwork1487
    @watchjaredwork1487 Před 4 lety +4

    No way that’s the equivalent of 3 million. 30 million maybe.

  • @verngoossen2020
    @verngoossen2020 Před 2 lety +2

    Mr Hamburger--- at the Millilumen towers in San Fransisco California- the leaning towers

  • @allanbarsness6076
    @allanbarsness6076 Před 4 lety +2

    Interesting

  • @jeanbrandt2624
    @jeanbrandt2624 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow, this is on par with building the great pyramids.

  • @bobstuart2638
    @bobstuart2638 Před rokem

    The failure was caused by the soil at ground level testing better than the soil in a very similar looking, but much lower capacity layer thirty feet down.

  • @gibraltersteamboatco888
    @gibraltersteamboatco888 Před 2 lety +2

    An almost identical collapse June 1955 Fargo ND

  • @jimsmith1027
    @jimsmith1027 Před 4 lety +1

    This is not part of Transcona's history because it is located in the Municipality of Springfield not Transcona. The North Transcona name is misleading because the North Transcona area did not include any part of Transcona, it was mostly Springfield and a part of North Kildonan. The Transcona Museum needs to get it facts straight before they talk about this non Transcona story.

    • @kansascityshuffle8526
      @kansascityshuffle8526 Před 3 lety +3

      Oh my! The scandal!

    • @larrythompson5617
      @larrythompson5617 Před 3 lety +1

      The grain bins are not located in "North" Transcona but on Dugald Rd which is in South Transcona. I hear what you are saying about "North" Transcona as that portion is in Springfield but not the bins. You owe the girls an apology.....

    • @bert26a
      @bert26a Před rokem

      @@larrythompson5617 This is the P&H grain elevator in North Transcona off of Springfield Rd. Not the malting plant that you are thinking of on Dugald Rd.

  • @WillieVanTonder
    @WillieVanTonder Před 4 lety

    Where are photo's and films of proof. Such huge operation need certainly to be properly Documentation. Without proof it all might be Internet stories .

    • @farmcentralohio
      @farmcentralohio Před 4 lety +6

      Did you watch the video Willy? There's plenty of photos shown for "proof" lol Nice try at sounding smart but it didn't work out so well for ya bud.

    • @kansascityshuffle8526
      @kansascityshuffle8526 Před 3 lety +3

      This is not an internet story it in fact happened. Transcona museum has pictures of the raising. But here www.cgs.ca/pdf/110916%20Skaftfeld%20photos%20Transcona%20Grain%20Elevator_MINIMIZED.pdf

    • @larrythompson5617
      @larrythompson5617 Před 3 lety +2

      Your focused to much on Trumps "Fake News" stories... Did a grain bin have to fall on your head to convince you it happened?

    • @PacoOtis
      @PacoOtis Před rokem +1

      A rather pitiful observation! Best of luck!

  • @rmk8259
    @rmk8259 Před rokem

    mr parrish as fine aman you would ever meet