A 220-tonne hotel of 1826 in Canada’s Nova Scotia, which faced demolition, was saved and moved using an unusual method – hundreds of bars of soap.
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First Post writes:
… The building was constructed in 1826 as a one-storey house and was converted into the Victorian Elmwood Hotel about 120 years ago.
It was scheduled for demolition in 2018….
The Elmwood, a massive 220-tonne structure, was to be moved to a new location and connected to a planned apartment building….
Instead of using traditional rollers, the team employed unique solution bars made of ivory soap….
With the help of the soft soap bars, two excavators and a heavy-duty wrecker, the structure glided smoothly.
