Saturday, June 23 2007, was moving day in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Three historic buildings, built between 1875 and 1876, were moved by Harvard University to a new location about 150 yards away from their original location. The space thus freed up will be utilized to build Harvard Law School's new academic complex scheduled to be completed in 2011. It was literally a million dollar move which required careful planning and its execution required coordination between Harvard University, City of Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay
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Baker & Carriage Houses before the move The largest building, Ukrainian House, has already left its original...
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Baker House ready for the move Baker House was the second building to move. This picture shows Baker...
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Ukrainian House almost at new location Almost at its new location, Ukrainian House, encountered some difficulty...
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Ukrainian House on 16 separate dollies Close-up of the 16 remote controlled hydraulic dollies carrying the Ukrainian...
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Workers making adjustments to dollies Moving Ukrainian House had some problems making a turn here.
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Critical maneuvering was needed here Engineers and workers were busy solving a problem at this point of the move.
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The U House having temporary difficulty It took a little time to overcome this difficulty.
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Ukrainian House on the move again Hurrah! Problem solved.
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U House "parked" near its new location Ukrainian House has been "parked" near its new location. It will be...
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U House's resting place for the night I have never seen a temporarily "parked" house before. Have you?
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Kevin O'Connor of 'This Old House' Boston's Public Television station (WGBH) runs a show called...
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Kevin O'Connor in action Kevin was recording this event for one of his future shows. Here he is seen...
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Another view of U House's new location Still sitting on dollies.
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U House "parked" for the night This picture shows the back of the building.
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Now Baker House starting to move Baker House was the second house to move. Its move started after the...
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Baker House moving along Mass. Ave.
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Baker House moving on dollies
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Baker House has now moved one block
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Baker House close to its destination
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Carriage House begins its journey Carriage House, the smallest of the three buildings, started to move...
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Carriage House following Baker House Baker House is on the left. Carriage House is on the right.
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Carriage House moving along
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U House (left) and Baker House (right)
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Baker House is almost home
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Carriage House nearing its destination
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