Gillilnomics t1_ixvwun7 wrote on November 26, 2022 at 8:08 PM Reply to TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move. by LPercepts IIRC the Dunaway’s building (brick building at the corner of Virginia and east) was moved from the Lilly campus Permalink 6
Gillilnomics t1_ixvwun7 wrote
Reply to TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move. by LPercepts
IIRC the Dunaway’s building (brick building at the corner of Virginia and east) was moved from the Lilly campus