Tomorrow morning at approximately 7:57am they will be imploding the big Ogden Grain Elevator on 15th street SE.
There will be multiple road closures (including north and southbound Deerfoot for 5-10 minutes) as this happens.
Could make for some pretty cool pictures if the sky lightens up in time. Here is the Herald article on it:
S.E. roads will be closed for blast
By Tamara Gignac, Calgary HeraldOctober 15, 2011 4:09 AM
Pic of elevator spoiled for size:
Spoiler!
Cargill, which owns the historic Ogden Federal Elevator in Bonnybrook, said it could no longer afford to keep it going.
Photograph by: Dean Bicknell, Calgary Herald, Calgary Herald
It's a Calgary landmark, a nearly century-old building praised overseas as a model of innovative industrial architecture.
But the clock is ticking - and by Sunday morning, hundreds of small explosions will reduce the historic Ogden Federal Elevator in Bonnybrook to dust and rubble.
It marks the end of an era for the grain terminal, one of the earliest concrete structures of its kind built in the Prairies.
For safety reasons, several roads and intersections around the site will briefly close at 7: 57 a.m., during the blasting period, including sections of northbound and southbound Deerfoot Trail, at Glenmore Trail and Peigan Trail respectively.
Police plan to shut down all lanes at 42nd Avenue and 15th Avenue S.E., as well as eastbound and westbound lanes of 46th Avenue at 13th Street S.E. The closings - expected to last between seven and 10 minutes - will also include westbound 50th Avenue S.E. and eastbound 50th Avenue at Ogden Road S.E.
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End of an era. I watched one elevator in my hometown get demo'd (not with explosives though) and another get moved out on a flatbed trailer to the next town. There are so few grain elevators left in the prairies.
End of an era. I watched one elevator in my hometown get demo'd (not with explosives though) and another get moved out on a flatbed trailer to the next town. There are so few grain elevators left in the prairies.
Those a good shots, particularily the ones of the roof. Looks like all the concrete was formed using 2x4s. I wonder how long Jonus Lynch has been dead for.
It had one of those elevators you had to manually run...ie you could intentionally stop in between floors if you wanted...Really small as well. Could barely fit 3 people.
The view from the red light area in that one pic is awesome as well...
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Holy crap was that loud....at least i assume this is what took me out of a pleasant Sunday morning sleep-in....and Im all the way over in Windsor Park.
I had to get up anyhow as i prepare my FF team and watch Berman and gang, but sweet lord that was a bizarre way to be awoken.
Holy crap was that loud....at least i assume this is what took me out of a pleasant Sunday morning sleep-in....and Im all the way over in Windsor Park.
I had to get up anyhow as i prepare my FF team and watch Berman and gang, but sweet lord that was a bizarre way to be awoken.
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Holy crap was that loud....at least i assume this is what took me out of a pleasant Sunday morning sleep-in....and Im all the way over in Windsor Park.
I had to get up anyhow as i prepare my FF team and watch Berman and gang, but sweet lord that was a bizarre way to be awoken.
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