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In 1930 the Indiana Bell Building was Rotated 90° While Everyone Inside Still Worked

There was no interruption to gas, heat, electricity, water, sewage, or the telephone service they provided
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From a reddit post.
  • People could still enter/exit the building thanks to an entryway that moved with it, which connected to a special curved sidewalk (seen in the GIF)
  • The move was because Bell bought the building but needed bigger headquarters. They planned to demolish it but that would've interrupted phone service for a big chunk of Indiana, which they didn’t want to do.
  • They lifted the whole building with steam-powered hydraulic lifts, then set it on enormous pine logs. It was moved via hand-operated jacks, which pushed it over the logs 3/8" at a time. Once the building rolled far enough forward, the last log would be moved to the front.
  • The rotation plan was conceived & executed by famous architect Kurt Vonnegut Sr (father of the famous author)
  • The feat remains one of the largest building-moves in history.
  • The building was demolished in 1963.
 
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