Chinese farmer moves entire house 40 meters

Chinese farmer moves entire house 40 meters
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Summary It took six weeks for workers using winches to drag the home 40 meters.

(Web Desk ) – A farmer from China has spent 330,000 yuan (US$52,500) moving his entire house 40 metres away from the site of a road construction scheme, Chinese media report.

According to Chinese media, workers pulled the home in Duchang county in Jiangxi province along a series of sleepers to get to its new location.

The farmer had spent 1 million yuan building and decorating the three-storey house in 2014.

It took six weeks for workers using winches to drag the home 40 meters. More than 1,000 wooden sleepers were used in the operation.
 

 

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