Raise the roof? Raise the whole house! Home moving.
From Popular Mechanics -
In an effort of historic preservation, the home of founding father Alexander Hamilton was moved from it’s original Harlem location to a nearby city park to await restoration. The difficult part was that it was blocked in by surrounding buildings. So they lifted the home up 40 feet, and up and over the buildings it went onto its (much lower) home moving transports.
Wow, what a great effort of preservation… As we all know, Hamilton sports the bust on the 10 dollar bill, and was shot to death by vice president Aaron Burr in a duel resolving smarmy colonial trash talk, as opposed to being shot during a hunting excursion, as is common practice today.
These supports though, while strong, might just be very tempting to those who enjoy games of chance…
The full article here at Popular Mechanics, with a great diagram and much better explanation.
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