Transportation of Indiana Bell Building

Indiana Bell, a telephone company, had a building that was 8 stories tall and weighed 11,000 tons. In 1929, they decided they needed a bigger building, but they couldn't just demolish the old one because it was important to the city. So, they decided to move it to the back of the plot to make room for the new building. The building was made of brick and steel and was moved 16 meters in four weeks, turned 90 degrees south and then 30 degrees west. This amazing feat was started in October 1930 and will be remembered in history.

During the move, a wooden walkway was put in place so that employees and customers could go in and out of the building without any disruption to the work or service.

Indiana Bell moved their office building while people were still working inside.

The company had to move a lot of wires and pipes, like phone lines, gas lines, electricity, and water and sewage pipes, to their new building. They did it in a way that allowed the employees to keep working without any interruptions.