Flat Tire Delays Blount Street Move

  

As I post this, the 350 ton house being moved from Wilmington to Blount Street is sitting in the road, stranded by a tire blow-out that created a sound heard for blocks.  A large crowd is on hand as National Geographic films the event.  Workers are developing a plan to winch up that corner of the house and replace the tire, which is deemed necessary before further progress can take place.

crowd watches preparation for next shift

sliding down on to Blount Street

 

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 Follow Up

   The picture above is this massive house while west of Blount Street.  Below it is safely parked in its future lot east of Blount.  The move took a couple of hours longer than planned.  We were sitting inside our house on Person Street when we heard a huge sound – not the tire blowing out but the lurch/shift of the house afterward.  I had been going back and forth all morning and missed being on the scene.  Once they got the tire replaced and got the house safely across Blount they started moving the smaller green house to its position on Person next to the Murphy School (along with 2 other previously moved structures).  The final picture of that move was taken at 3PM this Saturday afternoon.  A long day for Blake House Movers of Greensboro, a long wait for the utility workers waiting to restore the lines along Blount – and a circus of a morning for Oakwood residents, assorted vendors, and the ever present representatives (with brochures) from the Blount Street Commons development.