A new Guinness World Record! A 30,000-ton bus terminal was rotated 90 degrees horizontally in Xiamen, China. The weight is equivalent to roughly 170 Boeing 7...
“China Creates A major world record for moving a massive building, But at what cost ?”
-Whitey Mclib of the China Bad Times
When they moved the Indiana Bell building in the 1930s, they kept the gas, electricity and plumbing all connected by flexible pipes. The workers could enter and exit through an articulated walkway and the building kept up its telephone exchange services throughout. They moved it across the block and rotated it 90 degrees over a month.
I just searched for this and you can see these pipes and cables in the video. I can’t believe they managed that in the 1930s.
Do you know if workers were still expected to go to work inside the building while it was moved? Or did the construction people move the building a few feet every night while the building was closed? The first option seems ridiculous, but you never know with capitalists.
They kept it going because it was key infrastructure (would have cut off all telephone lines in the area). Apparently they didn’t notice the building moving while they were in there.
They have to do a lot of preparation of the new foundation. That can’t be moved, just the above ground structure.
What about pipes and cables? How do they handle those?
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When they moved the Indiana Bell building in the 1930s, they kept the gas, electricity and plumbing all connected by flexible pipes. The workers could enter and exit through an articulated walkway and the building kept up its telephone exchange services throughout. They moved it across the block and rotated it 90 degrees over a month.
I just searched for this and you can see these pipes and cables in the video. I can’t believe they managed that in the 1930s.
Do you know if workers were still expected to go to work inside the building while it was moved? Or did the construction people move the building a few feet every night while the building was closed? The first option seems ridiculous, but you never know with capitalists.
They kept it going because it was key infrastructure (would have cut off all telephone lines in the area). Apparently they didn’t notice the building moving while they were in there.
Impressive feat.