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Koval Job

    Wayland,  MI USA

        (left)  A large brick home in the process of being prepared for the placement of steel house moving beams.  Holes will be broken in the foundation are where the beams will be installed.

          Koval Job

(right)  The home has been lifted from the foundation one foot.  The unit on the ground adjacent to the building is the hydraulic jacking machine.

KOVAL Job

(left)  At this point the house has been lifted three feet above its' foundation.  Three large transfer beams have been inserted perpendicular to the length of the foundation.  These beams reach from the basement to the ground adjacent to it creating a bridge to allow the building to be rolled off its' foundation .

KOVAL Job

(right)  The house has been placed on wheels and moved to its' receiving site.  The area which the house is approaching is where the new foundation will be constructed.

KOVAL Job

(left)  At this point the new foundation has been constructed.  Now we will lower the house onto the new foundation and remove the house moving beams.

          Eden Job

Muskegon, Michigan USA

 This home was built in the late 1800's.  We are just starting preparation for the house moving steel installation. 

EDEN Job

In this view you can see two of the four holes in the foundation.  These holes will be symmetrical and will allow installation of the main support beams.  The main support beams will run parallel with the house and underneath it.

EDEN Job

In this view you can see three of the fourteen holes which will be prepared for installation of a layer of support steel running perpendicular to the house.  Notice the curved glass window on the side of the house.  It remained in tact and unbroken throughout the move.

EDEN Job

Stacks of wooden blocking called cribs are assembled.  The cribs will be the base for the layers of steel and allow installation of hydraulic lifting jacks.

EDEN Job

The large steel support beams have arrived.  These beams weigh over 13,000 pounds each.  The loader will carry them one at a time to the house.  Then they will be rolled under the house and over the cribs.

EDEN Job

The second layer of steel has been installed.  The thirty foot tall masonry fireplace will remain in tact and be carried with the house.  Note the two steel support beams going through the fireplace.

EDEN Job

Moving day!  As a gallery of anxious onlookers gather, crews ready the house for its' journey.  Tremendous cooperation was necessary as crews from City of Muskegon, Consumers Power Company, Verizon Telephone, Comcast and City of Muskegon Police department prepare the way for passage of this home.  

(below)  Around the first corner we go!  Six more corners and les than two miles left to go.

Photos courtesy of James Hansen.  Thanks Jim!

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