MOVING A BUILDING IN THREE ACTS.-AN UNUSUAL SCENE ON THE AUCKLAND WATERFRONT.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2, 10 July 1912, Page 21

MOVING A BUILDING IN THREE ACTS.-AN UNUSUAL SCENE ON THE AUCKLAND WATERFRONT.

The Amkland Harbour Board's floating crane was emploved at unusual work one morning last week, when it lifted Hie police offices near the Graving Dock bodily, carried round the harbour and deposited them on No. 4 jettj. l«o beau s »" pl I .ros,«i M . under the Imildlna and a wile was attached Io I lie end of each beam. The ends of tlm wires were attached to a spreader ami hooked to the jib of the mane. '1 lie building was then Idled out over the uatel and piopellms. I:' 1 " '''■ being set in motion. Hie vessel steamed slonlv round Hie Queen Street wharf Io the No. 4 fetty. where Hie building was landed without any difficulty. lb Interested spectators watching tile moving operations. i_.i I lie eommt Ueeim nt of Hu lilt, ill" how the building was supported. li’.i Suspended in mid-air. (4) The floating crane with the building high in tile air. ready to proceed to No. 4 Jetty.