220-tonne hotel moved to new location with help of soap bars
A massive 220-tonne building was moved using an unconventional method in Canada
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The Elmwood Hotel has been a landmark in South End Halifax, Canada, for nearly 200 years
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The building was built as a one-story home in 1826 and later converted into the Victorian Elmwood Hotel approximately 120 years ago
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It was planned to be demolished in 2018
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However, a real estate firm Galaxy Properties purchased the hotel with a plan to shift it to a new location
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The moving task was assigned to the expert team at S. Rushton Construction
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Instead of traditional rollers, the company used 700 bars made of ivory soap to move the massive structure
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The time-lapse video of moving the Elmwood building is going viral on the social media
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