This grain elevator located near Winnipeg, Canada, was constructed in 1913 on a raft foundation. Failure of the bin house by gradual tilting occurred after 875,000 bushels of wheat had been stored yielding a load of 20,000 tons, distributed uniformly. The bin house had plan dimensions of 77 by 195 ft and was 92 ft high. The elevator was founded on clay that had been deposited in a glacial lake and failed by tilting when the uniform load reached 3.06 tsf.
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