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Moving A Brick Chimney

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
July
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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The of an ordinary brick building has always been oonsidered a feat of more than passing interest, but the transportation of a briek chimney without accident or damage, over a considerable stretch of uneven ground, was recently accomplished at Manhanset, Shelter lsland, Suffolkcounty, N. Y. The chimney, says the Scientific American, is 85 f eet high and seven f eet square at the base, with outer and Inner walls eight inches thick and weighs nearly 100 tons. It was moved about 950 feet over very rough ground and quite a grade, both up and down. The eradle rested on two skids greased on the under side and sliding on greased blocks. The purchase used was a grain capstan, and one horse at 180 fold, and Ihe time occupied in loading and moving was only nine days, with the labor of only four men. The chimney was placed on its new foundation without a partiƫle of harm. This is the second chimney of the above description moved by he same contractors. The first one was 52 feet high, at Bridgehampton, and in both cases the. work was completed without accident.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier