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mt Brown's Station, Fa) ratsed 160 Feet. wing no changes to be made in the line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ; at Brown's Station, Pa., it became nec essary to either move or destroy the house shown in the accompanying illus tration. ‘The house had been in the family to which it now belongs for many years, and sentiment forbade its destruction. Fortunately the owner had much money as sentiment, and he decided to move it to the verge of the cliff, 160 feet above its former site, where it would command a fine view of the Monongahela river and the sur rounding country. ‘The difficulty of the task will be un derstood, says the Scientific Amer ican, when it is stated that the build ing ‘measures SS by 40 feet and weighs about $00 tons. ‘The first op eration was to insert eight large tim bers,measuring 12 by 16 Inches and patas wovies ser us on scaae £ 5 foot in length, beneath the balling, frolle bat wers these and theoervorate were laid about 200 seven neh steel Teedie Dean While this was going on the face of the cliff was stepped. tat Into four benchea of about thirty foot littened. The buting was they raised ice at h Ume by hand ducks for the eigit walls of timber crib work bull up beneath It .The blocking was all carefully sized to 6 by 8 tnches The cath work rae afitened In both izes tious ty teens of 8 by 8 tach walling Pecos, tod it wan sway braced by baht tach chain, with tarabuctiog ‘¥ on the house had been ted hie Ig fost Ht pres Gatwn om te the Seat Seca be, ioeune at tw whats on top of the clach driven by tee Doreee a two tach Une with four past Docks being wed. Another ft ot thirty feet win then’ made to the best Dens, and the various operations were repeated until the house was loaded on Its new alte, 200 feet back from the old site and 100 feet above ft As may well be dampioed, free amount of tuber was requied for this treat, amounting toal to 30000 cttw Tully sized sticka, which required twen ty reara to ransort thems .The actual cost of this house moving is not given out, but it is well understood tat It] tousiderably exceeds the original cot | | of the house lel
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Albert Lea Freeborn County Times
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Fri, Feb 12, 1904
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