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		JoeAltmaier on April 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In 1930, the 22M-pound Indiana Bell building was r... And 25 years earlier in 1905, 6000 ton Calvin Hall was moved on the Iowa campus in a similar way. It was a well-understood technique by 1930.

mrguyorama on April 19, 2023 [–]

Probably had a bunch of domain knowledge left over from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago

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