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The 1913 Transcona grain elevator is known to all University of Manitoba civil engineering graduates because a photo of the classic foundation failure on the lacustrine clays hung for decades outside the head of department&#8217;s office as a warning to do better geo-technical engineering. The building was righted and is still in service.<\/p> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a few miles south, the Canadian National Railway had built, in 1908, a 65-foot-high concrete multicelled silo, where today it is nestled between newer silos built in 1928, 1947, and 1960, all presumably air-entrained. It is still in use by the International Malting Co. The plant manager says that the older concrete is performing better than the newer. <strong>\u2014<\/strong><em>Wally Rooke, P.Eng., Executive Director, Manitoba Ready Mix Concrete Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba<\/em><\/p><\/div> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your item and subsequent letter on old concrete grain elevators was somewhat incomplete. 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