the gif animation thread
the gif animation thread
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- hans_glib6
- In 1930 the Indiana Bell building was rotated 90°. Over 34 days, the 22-million-pound structure was moved 15 inch/hr... all while 600 employees still worked therehans_glib
- There was no interruption to gas, heat, electricity, water, sewage, or the telephone service they provided. No one inside felt it move.hans_glib
- what was the idea behind all this?Krassy
- feng shui positioningsted
- ...decided they needed a larger building, but they couldn’t just demolish the old building because it was providing an essential service to the city.sted
- critical infrastructure was operated in the building and the costs+risk of moving that were higher than the cost of the moving.sted
- *moving the entire buildingsted
- Next time I second guess my ability to build a shed I’m going to watch and rewatch this building move from the 1930’s lol_niko
- Wow!instrmntl
- OMG wowStoicLevels