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Re: Engineering question of the day	Michael Bulatovich	02-20-2008

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Posted by Michael Bulatovich on February 20, 2008, 1:36 pm

> About 15 years ago I was the architect for the moving of the Southeast

> lighthouse on Block Island RI. A brick structure 70' tall with a 2 family

> brick attached brick structure. Walls of the light were 3' thick at the

> base. 4' base was granite over brick backup. Originally built in 1870. The

> 150' bluff it was on had eroded back 200' in 120 years, so we moved it

> back 250'. We did build a new foundation. It was moved on rails in one

> piece, with no cracks.Here is the whole history:

> http://lighthouse.cc/blockisoutheast/history.html

> EDS

I hope you guys took pictures of it moving.

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