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The Peavey–Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator, built in 1899–1900, was the first circular concrete grain elevator in the United... States, and possibly in the world. It is notable for proving the viability of concrete in grain elevator construction. Previous grain elevators, being built of wood, were expensive to build and vulnerable to fire. The elevator is located near the interchange of Highway 7 and Highway 100 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. It was located along the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. The structure was commissioned by Frank Peavey, owner of a major grain company, and engineered by Charles F. Haglin, a Minneapolis contractor who also built the Minneapolis City Hall, the Grain Exchange Building, the Pillsbury Building, and the Radisson Hotel. The elevator was built by pouring concrete into wooden forms braced by steel hoops. The engineers were initially hesitant about how much pressure the structure could withstand, so they ordered the structure capped at 68 feet . After an initial test of filling the elevator and then emptying it proved successful, the elevator was later built to its present height of 125 feet .
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Peter Himmelman is a singer-songwriter from Minnesota, who formerly played in the band Sussman Lawrence. He is Bob Dylan's son-in-law, being married... to his daughter Maria Dylan. He grew up in a Jewish home, his Romanian-born grandmother having migrated to the United States with her parents when she was eight years old. In the early '90s, he achieved a bit of alternative radio play for his song The Woman With The Strength of 10000 Men, from his Strength To Strength release. Nominated for an Emmy Award in 2002 for his "Judging Amy" contributions, his music has also been featured on the television series Bones. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for his children album, “My Green Kite”. USA Today called Himmelman "one of rock's most wildly imaginative performers" Himmelman identifies as an Orthodox Jew, prays 3 times a day, and will not work on the Jewish sabbath or Jewish holidays. He is also the creative force behind his USTREAM live Internet show broadcast every Tuesday evening at 7pm from his studio, called Furious World.
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Sharon Isbin is a widely-recorded American classical guitarist, recording artist, concert performer, and the founder of the Guitar Department at the... Juilliard School. Sharon Isbin was born in Minneapolis and began her guitar studies at age nine. She was a student of Aldo Minella, Andrés Segovia, Oscar Ghiglia, Alirio Díaz and Rosalyn Tureck. She began practicing Transcendental Meditation at age 17. She received a B.A. cum laude from Yale University and a Master of Music from the Yale School of Music. Multi-Grammy Award winner Sharon Isbin is the author of the Classical Guitar Answer Book, and is Director of guitar departments at the Aspen Music Festival and The Juilliard School. Isbin has been hailed as “the pre-eminent guitarist of our time” She is also the winner of Guitar Player magazine’s “Best Classical Guitarist” award, First Prize winner of the Toronto Guitar ’75 competition, a winner of the Madrid Queen Sofia, and the first guitarist ever to win the Munich Competition.
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