teratocybernetics:kelssiel:brunhiddensmusings:dingdongyouarewrong:lastvalyrian:the-a-j-universe:katy
teratocybernetics:kelssiel:brunhiddensmusings:dingdongyouarewrong:lastvalyrian:the-a-j-universe:katy-l-wood:blondebrainpower:In 1930 the Indiana Bell building was rotated 90°. Over 34 days, the 22-million-pound structure was moved 15 inch/hr… all while 600 employees still worked there. There was no interruption to gas, heat, electricity, water, sewage, or the telephone service they provided. No one inside felt it move. What. Just…just to prove they could? you know what. fuck you *rotates your house* imagine going on vacation for a month and then you come back it was fascinating that this was pretty rampant not just in the 1930s but as far back as the 1850s, and accomplished just by a lot of guys using screw jacks like the kind you hoist a car up with in tom and jerry cartoonsthe basic idea is that you need a sewer system…. but your city already exists, so the logical options are either to start digging under the city and risk collapse or just hoist the buildings up about six feet to build under themand, well, now that the buildings are lifted up, is there a better place we want to put some of them? youd just sit drinking some coffee, watching a hotel go down the street, like any other tuesday old timey people really were just out there doing whatever tf they wanted huh? @wolvensnothere I don’t post on here much anymore, but this just hit me hard.Like… Moving whole fucking buildings, and keeping them structurally sound. That’s like Aztec and Egyptian levels of engineering, coordination, and logistics.And people act like we can’t marshal that same level of dedication and rise to meet climate change?We just need the will, y’all. The will and the understanding that it can be done. -- source link