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MORE PHOTOS: MILWAUKEE ROAD DEPOT RAISED AND READY

  • Tim Thein, one of the owners of Thein Moving Co., arranges wood cribbing under one of two huge double I-beams to support them when pressure is taken off the hydraulic jacks that are built into the beams. Press photo by Bob Steenson

  • Tim Thein, one of the owners of Thein Moving Co., arranges wood cribbing under the Milwaukee Road Depot Thursday morning. The truck to the left contains the hydraulic pump and controls that raise and lower the jacks built in to the main double I-beams that support the structure. Press photo by Bob Steenson

  • Tom Thein, one of the owners of Thein Moving Co., arranges wood cribbing under the Milwaukee Road Depot Wednesday afternoon as the depot was being raised in preparation for eventuially being moved to a new location in a month or so. Press photo by Bob Steenson

  • This trailer contains the hydraulic pump and controls that operate the jacks built into beams that lift buildings for Thein Moving Co., of Clara City, Minnesota. Press photo by Bob Steenson

  • This photo, taken Wednesday morning before the building began being lifted, shows the access to the foundation that had been dug prior to the building moving company arriving. The moving company then dug out space under the building to slide in beams lengthwise and then crossways to support the building when it was lifted later Wednesday and Thursday. Press photo by Bob Steenson

  • A worker from Thein Moving Co. arranges wood cribbing Thursday morning under the beams with hydraulic jacks that lifted the Milwaukee Road Depot in Charles City. The numbers stenciled on the cross beams are their length in feet. The main beams that support it all are 128 feet long. Press photo by Bob Steenson

  • The Milwaukee Road Depot sits at its final height needed to fill in underneath it with earth so dollies can be mounted under the huge 128-foot-long double I-beams and the building can be rolled to its new home about two blocks away from its current location. Press photo by Bob Steenson

  • An aerial view shows the work around the Milwaukee Road Depot in Charles City, getting it ready to be moved to a new location in a month or so when a new foundation is ready at the destination site. Press photo by Bob Steenson

  • The Milwaukee Road Depot sits at its final height needed to fill in underneath it with earth so dollies can be mounted under the huge 128-foot-long double I-beams and the building can be rolled to its new home about two blocks away from its current location. Press photo by Bob Steenson

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