Baku moved the old house

In Baku, the laying of a new boulevard moved house built in 1908. The house owned by oil magnate Hadjinsky, considered an architectural monument, now it is a normal house. Weight houses 18 000 tonnes, it is considered the most difficult to move house in the world, at least as we write. The initial position of the facade was more than 10 meters on the neighboring houses. Visible container company "Bresse", which carried out the movement.

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Photo 2. It can be seen as a house placed rebar.



Photo 3. The other angle already concreted.



Photo 4. The concrete foundation poured around the entire house. Index of distance at zero.



Photo 5. Installed jacks. To the right lay the blocks that will enclose as extension jacks.



Photo 6. The achievement of the first day - 75 cm.



Photo 7. Jacks put forward, planted the first blocks.



After the second day - nearly 3 m



Photo 9. stacked more than 10 blocks.



Photo 10. Jacks, who lifted the house. Visible steel strip on which the moving truck with a jack.



Photo 11. The house moved to 10, 5 m.



Photo 12. The final position - flush with the facade of the neighboring house.



Photo 13. The plaque - the house is moved on the instructions of President Ilham Aliyev.



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