In 1930, the 11,000-ton Indiana Bell Telephone Company Building in Indianapolis was rotated 90 degrees and moved 52 feet south without disrupting daily operations or the 600 employees inside. This historic engineering feat was achieved by maintaining all utility connections with flexible piping and moving the structure at a painstaking pace of 15 inches per hour. | History In Pictures
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In 1930, the Indiana Bell building was rotated 90 degrees over the course of a month. The 22-million-pound structure was moved 15 inches per hour, all while 600 employees continued working inside. There was no interruption to gas, heat, electricity, water, sewage, or even the telephone service they provided. Amazingly, no one inside felt it move. | Historical Photos
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Indianapolis, October 20th to November 14th, 1930 - the Indiana Bell building - an eight-story, steel-frame-and-brick building weighing around 11,000 tons - was rotated 90 degrees at 15 inches an hour - all 600 employees continued to work inside. They did it to be able to add another building alongside the headquarters. | Flashbak
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