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In September 1913, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company completed construction of a million-bushel (about 36,400 m3) grain elevator at North Transcona, 11 km north-east of Winnipeg, Canada. The elevator was one of the most important structures and one of the largest gravity railroad yards in the world, which covered several square miles and was built on partly farmed, relatively flat prairie land. The purpose of the elevator was to provide relief for the Winnipeg Yards during the months of peak grain-shipment.
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Puzrin, A.M., Alonso, E.E., Pinyol, N.M. (2010). Bearing Capacity Failure: Transcona Grain Elevator, Canada. In: Geomechanics of Failures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3531-8_4
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