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Project 8a: Preparing to Move the Barn... Project
8b:
Moving the
Barn... Project 8c: Moving the
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Project 8b: Moving the Barn |
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Once the barn
was pulled out into the driveway, the men could turn it and adjust it
more easily for pulling south towards the foundation. |
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Slowly, day
after day, the men and machines gently pulled the barn towards its new
home. |
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When branches
got in the way, they moved them gently aside...and in this case, the
lamp was saved. |
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The barn needed to be jacked up
even higher to miss the garden fence...and then turned slightly toward
home. |
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As the barn left
the ridge, the view became spectacular. |
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And here's a
summer view of that vista. |
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Clearly, the
apple tree branches were threatening the skin of the barn. The men knew
what an environmentalist and tree-lover I am, so I was called to prune
the branches! And the barn slid slowly by. |
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The views became
very confusing, as the barn moved past stationary trees and
buildings.....something very odd about these pictures! |
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Finally, the
barn hovered over its new foundation, ready to be let down. The building
movers had done a great, efficient job to this point, but they had other clients and the barn stayed hovering for
another four months!! |
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Late in April,
they returned to lower the barn onto its new foundation and to backfill
around the foundation with the dirt from the foundation hole.
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