Multi-angle video captures final moments of century-old landmark.
A building that’s been part of the Calgary landscape for nearly 100 years is no longer standing.
Hundreds of Calgarians watched as explosives brought the Ogden grain elevator crumbling to the ground Sunday morning.
The 98-year-old elevator, which was owned by Cargill, was too expensive to maintain and no longer made financial sense.
“Well, generally, they don’t tear down historic buildings, but in this instance I don’t think they had a choice,” says Fred Rakowski, the president of Rakowski Cartage and Wrecking Ltd which conducted the implosion. “It was pretty much falling down.”
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