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Four-story masonry monastery at Cap de la Madeleine, Que, was moved 261 1/2 ft on 200,000 ball bearings by hydraulic jacks exerting thrust of 320 tons; 40-hp electric motor provided pressure for hydraulic pump; building moved 5 ft in 4 min. (see also unsigned similar description in Construction Methods and Equipment v 31 n 11 Nov 1949 p 42-7)
Four-story masonry monastery at Cap de la Madeleine, Que, was moved 261 1/2 ft on 200,000 ball bearings by hydraulic jacks exerting thrust of 320 tons; 40-hp electric motor provided pressure for hydraulic pump; building moved 5 ft in 4 min. (see also unsigned similar description in Construction Methods and Equipment v 31 n 11 Nov 1949 p 42-7)
Monastery moved on ball bearings
Eng Contract Rec
Metcalfe, C. (author)
1949
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Monastery moved on ball bearings
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