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Movers load 139-year-old San Francisco house onto giant dollies, roll it to new address six blocks away
After 139 years at 807 Franklin Street in San Francisco, a two-storey Victorian house has a new address.
Key points:
- Movers had to secure permits from more than 15 agencies ahead of the move, a local paper said
- The house’s owner reportedly spent about $US400,000 in fees and moving costs
- The home previously sat on a prime lot and its owner sold the property to a developer, the San Francisco Chronicle wrote
The green home with large windows and a brown front door was loaded onto giant dollies and moved on Sunday (local time) to a location six blocks away.
Onlookers lined footpaths to snap photos as the structure rolled — at a top speed of 1.6 kilometres per hour — to 635 Fulton Street.
The house’s journey has been in the planning stages for…
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