Watch: 140-Year-Old Victorian Mansion Gets Relocated To A New Location
The green home with large windows and a brown front door was loaded onto giant dollies and moved Sunday to a location six blocks away.
For the first time in 45 years a Victorian home, one over 140-years-old, was moved in San Francisco. It was transported using a remote operated hydraulic dolly, claim reports.
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According to Associated Press, the green home with large windows and a brown front door was loaded onto giant dollies and moved Sunday to a location six blocks away.
With a crowd of onlookers, gawkers and nervous engineers in tow, a 139-year-old Victorian home was moved a quarter mile the wrong way down a hilly San Francisco street early Sunday.
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People lined the sidewalks to snap photos as the structure rolled ¡ª at a top speed of 1 mph ¡ª to 635 Fulton St.
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The house¡¯s journey has been in the planning stages for years, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
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Veteran house mover Phil Joy told San Francisco Chronicle he had to secure permits from more than 15 city agencies. Joy said this move is tricky in part because the first part of the journey involves going downhill.
Victorian house moving from Franklin to Fulton today... NBD. #sanfrancisco #GoPro cc @KPIXtv @GoPro pic.twitter.com/4N0D6cnQWn
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¡°That¡¯s always difficult for a house,¡± he said.
Along the route, parking meters were ripped up, tree limbs were trimmed and traffic signs were relocated.
The owner of the six-bedroom house, San Francisco broker Tim Brown, will pay about $400,000 in fees and moving costs, the Chronicle said.
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