| description: | View Of The West Side Of The Cpr North Transcona Grain Elevator After It Experienced A Soil Bearing-Capacity Failure During It First Loading. Construction On The Structure, Which Consisted Of 65 Bins With A Total Capacity Of One Million Bushels, Commenced In 1911 And Was Completed In September 1913. The Foundation Consisted Of A Large Rectangular Raft, 77 Feet By 195 Feet, Resting On A Plastic Clay Deposit 12 Feet Below Grade. On October 18,1913, After 875,000 Bushels Of Wheat Had Been Loaded Into The Elevator, Settlement Was Noted. For 24 Hours The Elevator Continued To Tilt Toward The West, Coming To Rest At An Inclination Of Over 26 Degrees From Vertical . The Elevator Was Subsequently Righted And Underpinned To Bedrock. |