In 1930 the Indiana Bell Building was Rotated 90° While Everyone Inside Still Worked - TwistedSifter
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In 1930, the Indiana Bell Telephone Company building in Indianapolis achieved what seemed impossible: a 7-story, 11,000-ton building was rotated 90 degrees while 600 employees continued their daily work uninterrupted. Incredibly most of the power needed to move the building was provided by hand-operated jacks while a steam engine also provided some support. Each time the jacks were pumped, the house moved 3/8th of an inch. Nearly 100 years later, it's highly unlikely we'd even attempt this today
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In 1930, the Indiana Bell Telephone Company building in Indianapolis achieved what seemed impossible: a 7-story, 11,000-ton building was rotated 90 degrees while 600 employees continued their daily work uninterrupted. Incredibly most of the power needed to move the building was provided by hand-operated jacks while a steam engine also provided some support. Each time the jacks were pumped, the house moved 3/8th of an inch. Nearly 100 years later, it's highly unlikely we'd even attempt this today
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In 1930, the 11,000-ton Indiana Bell Telephone Company Building in Indianapolis was rotated 90 degrees and moved 52 feet south without disrupting daily operations or the 600 employees inside. This historic engineering feat was achieved by maintaining all utility connections with flexible piping and moving the structure at a painstaking pace of 15 inches per hour. | History In Pictures
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CVL Engineers Inc. on Instagram: "In 1930, Indiana Bell pulled off one of the wildest engineering flexes in American history. They rotated an eight-story, 11,000-ton office building while 600 people kept working inside and barely noticed a thing. Bell Telephone needed a newer, bigger headquarters in Indianapolis, but the existing building was sitting exactly where the new one needed to go. Demolishing it would’ve cut off service and cost a fortune. Moving it was cheaper. Yes, literally picking u
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