interesting as Fu*k... In 1930 Indiana Bell building was rotated 90 while workers remained inside

[IcyPeas]

In 1930 the Indiana Bell building was rotated 90°. Over a month, the structure was moved 15 inch/hr, all while 600 employees still worked there. There was no interruption to gas, heat, electricity, water, sewage, or the telephone service they provided. No one inside felt it move.

Link to tweet

[ZZenith]

1. Physics!

Engineering!

The lengths some people go to get away from noisy neighbors.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. The building was saying...

"You talking to me?"

[ret5hd]

3. Plot twist:

All because some office suit didn’t like the afternoon sun in his office.

[SoonerPride]

4. That's amazing

😳

[FakeNoose]

5. It's hard to believe nobody felt the movement

Cool story bro!

[RockRaven]

6. Narrator: "OSHA would not come into existence until forty years later."

[RKP5637]

7. That sure was a cool ride in this amusement park! lol

[crickets]

8. That's crazy! And so cool.

The rotation plan was conceived & executed by famous architect Kurt Vonnegut Sr (father of the famous author).

The time lapse picture is worth the trip to Twitter. Go see it! Neat.

[AndyS]

9. That is cool!

Galveston Tx was raised up to 17 feet in 1903. The whole city! They did it to keep the city viable and the Port of Galveston open after the hurricane of 1900.

All except one building, the Moody Mansion. W.L Moody wanted nothing of it so the first floor became a basement.

Amazing what we can do when we put our minds to it!

[Yavin4]

10. Let's just say that the guy using the urinal stall in the bathroom was none too pleased with this.

Not at all.

[NutmegYankee]

11. Chicago was raised to allow construction of sewers

In some cases buildings were moved to new locations. https://www.enjoyillinois.com/illinois-200/raising-chicago/

Not every building went through the process. Not because it was too difficult, but because some of the buildings no longer fit with where the city was going. But waste not, want not. They put these old wooden buildings on rollers and drew them by horse to the edges of town. Of course, the enterprising owners of businesses operating in these buildings didn’t want to miss out on business, so many continued to serve customers even as the buildings were rolling down the street.

[Aussie105]

12. Cool!

You could stand at your window all day and watch the scenery outside change slowly!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. 15 inches per hour for a month ...

[Rhiannon12866]

14. K&R, fascinating story!

Thanks so much for posting!

[Raine]

15. WOW, so COOL 👍 THANKS for posting this! 🙂 nt

[Ms. Toad]

16. Still shots & more description

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/10/an-incredible-move-indiana-bell.html?m=1