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Scheel House Moves - April 23, 2002


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Scheel Farm House

A beam is positioned to be pushed under the Scheel House.  (04.23.02)


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Scheel Farm House

A truck is used to push the beam under Scheel House.   (04.23.02)


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Scheel Farm House

The second beam is positioned to be pushed under Scheel House.   (04.23.02)


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Scheel Farm House

Linda monitors the crew moving her Scheel House.   (04.23.02)


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Scheel Farm House

A heavy timber is used to extend a steel beam to support the back of the building. 

(04.23.02)


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Scheel Farm House

The Kana (pronounced con-ya) family has been moving buildings in Fayette County for three generations. (04.23.02)


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Scheel Farm House

Chains are used to attach the truck yoke to the beams. (04.23.02)


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Scheel Farm House

A house jack is used on top of the yoke to bind the beams.  (04.23.02)


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Scheel Farm House

Linda collects wildflowers along the road before the house leaves Ellinger. (04.23.02)


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Scheel Farm House

Here we go!  The Scheel House moves again.  The 100-year-old house was moved to this lot from Colorado County in 1975. Yep, the Kana's moved it twenty-seven years ago.  (04.23.02)

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