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Vermont Phœnix
Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, Ludlow, Windham County, Windsor County, Vermont
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Two three-story brick houses in Boston were moved last week to widen Lincoln Street by 10.5 feet to the rear, using cast iron plates, cannon balls, and screws. The 7000-ton block was rolled 120 balls in about two hours without structural damage.
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Concave cast iron plates are prepared, the foundation of the wall cut away, and two plates facing each other inserted, with cannon balls between them. These plates and balls being placed under all the walls the whole building rests upon them. Three screws are applied, and the whole building is rolled upon them any desired distance. These plates and balls are moved one by one, and the brick replaced and the building let in the original state, without any injury to the structure. It is estimated that this block weighed 7000 tons, and was rolled on 120 balls, and accomplished, after the plates were set, in about two hours time.
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Boston
Event Date
Last Week
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accomplished without any injury to the structure
Event Details
Two brick houses in one block, three stories high, were moved in widening Lincoln st. ten feet and a half to the rear. Concave cast iron plates are prepared, the foundation of the wall cut away, and two plates facing each other inserted, with cannon balls between them. These plates and balls being placed under all the walls the whole building rests upon them. Three screws are applied, and the whole building is rolled upon them any desired distance. These plates and balls are moved one by one, and the brick replaced and the building let in the original state. It is estimated that this block weighed 7000 tons, and was rolled on 120 balls, and accomplished, after the plates were set, in about two hours time.