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On the day the downtown Bay opened at 9 a.m. Nov. 18, 1926, it was the largest reinforced concrete building in Canada.

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This article was published 14/03/2013 (4968 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

On the day the downtown Bay opened at 9 a.m. Nov. 18, 1926, it was the largest reinforced concrete building in Canada.

The total budget for the store’s construction was $5,968,000.

Here’s a snapshot of what went into the six-storey construction more than a year earlier.

Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg.  (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg. (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
Sun shines over the East side of Lake Winnipeg just south of Grand Beach, Manitoba. (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
Sun shines over the East side of Lake Winnipeg just south of Grand Beach, Manitoba. (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg.
Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg.
Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg. (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg. (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg. Shadow of the photographer in foreground.  (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg. Shadow of the photographer in foreground. (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg.  (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg. (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg.  (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg. (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press)
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