Historic 1890s Milwaukee building being demolished

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Sep 4, 2026
that partially collapsed
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and what may have led to
guys, we may actually nev
caused a portion of the b
to start its collapse ear
connected to Milwaukee's
I spoke with said though
water was likely involved
history turned warehouse
life will be brought down
month. Demolition began t
raise order after a porti
at 4 48 East Bruce collap
and corroded something ov
professor at M. S. O. E.
some real time examples o
construction and what can
whether it was steel that
or the mortar with inside
that getting damaged over
it and all of a sudden ju
day, maybe a little diffe
floor can cause some prob
collapse like we had here
with the same footprint a
back to at least 1894 whe
house for the Krause and
and later american malting
to be seen in the backgrou
taken by a Jones Island s
around the turn of the ce
country in the throes of
the Milwaukee storage com
and built a warehouse to
land through quit claim d
city had issues with prop
in adjoining grain elevato
Corporation to demolish t
silos because they were c
show those structures did
in 1942. But the neighbor
stood portions of it bein
for storage over the year
wine company in 1945 for
What do you think happened
on the bottom or one of t
started separating. All o
was a little more deterio
to be a little windier da
got added to the floor th
in a while and that maybe
at the same time. And tha
accident happened. Now ag
know what actually caused
begin its collapse. But w
and bring this building d
not working today, but we
on moving from the south
taking that building down
site cleared by the end o
