Blake Ashley Jr.Apr 18, 2023
Miriam Boosh
In 1930, the 22-million-pound Indiana Bell building was rotated 90 degrees over a month at a rate of 15 inches per hour, while 600 employees worked inside. Despite the slow movement, there was no interruption to the building's services, and none of the employees felt it move. #ConstructionHistory #StructuralEngineering
Apr 18, 2023 at 8:31pmWeb
Show threadComputeforloot Apr 18, 2023
@Miriamm 😳🫢
Show threadColes Street PotholeApr 18, 2023
@Miriamm Okay this is really wild.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2014/01/07/indiana-bell/4354705/
The Indianapolis Star

The 1930 move of the Indiana Bell building stands as one of the most remarkable engineering feats in history.

The Indianapolis Star
Show threadKevin LeecasterApr 19, 2023
@ColesStreetPothole @Miriamm
In 1929, the Indiana Bell Telephone Company purchased the Central Union Telephone Company Building and had plans to demolish and build a much larger headquarters on the site. Architect Kurt Vonnegut Sr. had other plans. He suggested the building could be moved to make room for expansion.
Show threadDaniel AJ SokolovApr 18, 2023
@Miriamm How did they do sewage?
Show thread😀🚲Apr 18, 2023
@newstik @Miriamm maybe a vertical segment at the pivot point, two or three if it needed to articulate, or they would need to have some flex in the pipes and reconnect every few days.
Show threadVincent Wanders AimlesslyApr 19, 2023
@newstik @Miriamm or even the power lines?!
Show threadPhilipp Alexander VollmerApr 19, 2023

@VincentWandersAimlessly @newstik @Miriamm

You can see cables and tubes hanging between the steel structure of the slider.

Show threaddata afApr 19, 2023

@Miriamm @hitsuyonai finally Wikipediaed that one to read a bit more. The architect who planned its movement was Kurt Vonnegut Senior.

Yes. That Senior to the more famous Junior. Wild.

Show threadcensored for “transphobia”Apr 19, 2023
@mxtthxw @Miriamm I guess if paid vacations were offered the building would have been moved empty. I wonder if anyone requested a 1 month unpaid vacation before the movement.
Show threadMemeSinyxApr 19, 2023
interesting, @Miriamm, were 9-story buildings today to cost £22M to build today I guess they’d do the same
Show threadWouter VeldhuisApr 19, 2023
@Miriamm stunning!
Show threadmathewApr 19, 2023
@Miriamm Suddenly the Thunderbirds episode “Terror in New York City” looks less ridiculous.
Show threadRev. Dr. Slamhound Apr 19, 2023
@Miriamm They obviously stole this idea from "Dark City" 🎞️
Show threadSLCW💥Apr 19, 2023
@Miriamm This reminds me of that time Chicago decided to raise the whole city by fourteen feet.
Show threadDamnKimberleeApr 19, 2023
@Miriamm that’s incredible!
Show threadLisPiApr 19, 2023
@Miriamm Neat. I wonder why that was done.
Show threadHadiApr 19, 2023
@Miriamm so by 2030 we can move any building like that because humanity understood the buildings MUST be modular to be able to easily constructed/moved. Opps! We're another century away from that technology!
Show threadAlisonW ♿🏳️‍🌈♾️Apr 19, 2023
@Miriamm
Something similar was done in Stuttgart last year as part of building the new railway station.
Show threadUrs G.Apr 20, 2023
@AlisonW @Miriamm Or #Berlin 1996:
https://youtu.be/TdJwt12CCVo
Zeitraffer Verschiebung Kaisersaal 16. März 1996

YouTube
Show threadakendoApr 19, 2023
@Miriamm and today they can't update anything without interruption.
Show threadJérômeApr 20, 2023
@Miriamm and what was the reason?
Show threadPrinceOfDenmarkApr 21, 2023
@Miriamm This is one of the most beautiful things I have seen today.
Show threadKontributeGamingApr 21, 2023
@Miriamm that's incredible!
Show threadJohn RobinsonMay 16, 2023
@Miriamm Why?
Show threadsamMay 16, 2023
@johnelalamo @Miriamm So that they could maintain telephone operations while the building was being moved to make way for other construction