Move 'em cross the tracks - gittem outta here...
torags
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Err'... a house move''' back story:
In our city they're nutty about trees and historical structures (whether they have architectural significance or not)....
A couple of doors down, the city required the developer to move this historical house to another lot in the city...
There was a large tree in front that was an issue, but the house movers were really clever about the prep...
They took down the second floor, flapped the roof on top and cut the house in half... (took about a week)...
The new site was across operating railroad tracks...
these are some shots of the move...
They moved both parts off the site with a small Bobcat...
Bobcat pulling load...
Half across the street...
Parked until 10:30pm - the appoint to go across tracks...
10:30pm...
On the road...
To be place UNDER the tree...
They had to lower the house 6" to fit under the tree... WOW!
the guy standing in the tree shadow is the builder who will reassemble the two structures and the second floor... (it won't be easy)
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HOUSE PIECES ON NEW SITE...
Here you can see where the house was cut in half...
Again where it was cut in half...
Good job fellas...
Did the municipality provide any of the money to accomplish this?
Municipal expense ... no way...
The city has been dicking developers around for 10 yrs. One developer went belly up....
The historical value was based on a mid level bureaucrat of the 30's who lived there... the local hysterical society (old coots that don't want to see change ) proclaimed it salvageable ...
That said.. state of California has a code section that says anything over 50 years old has some historical value - community choice...
Nice documentative work, Rags. I'm recently tuned in to a current situation involving raising an entire house. My wife's aunt lives in St Augustine on marsh-front property. A gorgeous setting but the place has flooded twice due to severe storms. She refuses to vacate the site, against the advice of all concerned parties, but has agreed to substantially modify the house, including raising it about nine feet. It's been real interesting watching this process play out. However, the situation you recorded is decidedly more demanding in many regards. Thanks for the pictures.
Rags...
Nice work. Like that you stuck with the project to provide a complete "picture" of the process.Beyond the photography, photos like these are useful in many other ways (especially to someone in my field).
Again, well done!
El Gato
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