{"id":38666,"date":"2024-01-05T16:55:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38666"},"modified":"2024-01-05T16:55:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:55:29","slug":"ihbcs-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-canada-hotel-220-tonne-move-helped-with-700-soap-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38666","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Heritage from the global doorstep\u2019: Canada hotel (220-tonne) move helped with 700 soap bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-38670\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/soap_bar_yellow.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"101\" \/>A 220-tonne hotel of 1826 in Canada\u2019s Nova Scotia, which faced demolition, was saved and moved using an unusual method \u2013 hundreds of bars of soap.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>First Post<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 The building was constructed in 1826 as a one-storey house and was converted into the Victorian Elmwood Hotel about 120 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>It was scheduled for demolition in 2018\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Elmwood, a massive 220-tonne structure, was to be moved to a new location and connected to a planned apartment building\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of using traditional rollers, the team employed unique solution bars made of ivory soap\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of the soft soap bars, two excavators and a heavy-duty wrecker, the structure glided smoothly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/explainers\/hotel-on-the-move-how-canada-has-shifted-a-220-tonne-hotel-with-the-help-of-700-soap-bars-13494452.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 220-tonne hotel of 1826 in Canada\u2019s Nova Scotia, which faced demolition, was saved and moved using an unusual method \u2013 hundreds of bars of soap. image for illustration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38671,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38666\/revisions\/38671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}