Transportation of a house by rail in the 1930s Moscow, USSR. https://i.redd.it/5nh33r62ozld1.jpeg by BalticsFox Tags:Europe 15 comments Clever. This way you could send whole houses to the Gulag. What’s the backstory, why did they do this? I don’t know why, but I didn’t expect those types of apartment buildings so shortly after imperial Russia. from ukraine to russia Russian engineering went a very long way just to enable stealing this house How do you even get the rail cars under the house without it collapsing? It’s more like a block than a house though I feel like there are going to be some cracks on the interior walls after that move If you zoom in, you see some people taking the ride They did this down the road from me in Oerlikon, Zürich a few years ago. Imagine if we still had house-moving rail today Imagine if we still had house-moving rail today It’s not uniquely Soviet and was done elsewhere as well, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_relocation in general. In soviet Russia houses move you Actually had a dream once about houses like that. You could just take your house and to different towns lmao Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
I don’t know why, but I didn’t expect those types of apartment buildings so shortly after imperial Russia.
It’s not uniquely Soviet and was done elsewhere as well, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_relocation in general.
Actually had a dream once about houses like that. You could just take your house and to different towns lmao
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Clever. This way you could send whole houses to the Gulag.
What’s the backstory, why did they do this?
I don’t know why, but I didn’t expect those types of apartment buildings so shortly after imperial Russia.
from ukraine to russia
Russian engineering went a very long way just to enable stealing this house
How do you even get the rail cars under the house without it collapsing?
It’s more like a block than a house though
I feel like there are going to be some cracks on the interior walls after that move
If you zoom in, you see some people taking the ride
They did this down the road from me in Oerlikon, Zürich a few years ago.
Imagine if we still had house-moving rail today
Imagine if we still had house-moving rail today
It’s not uniquely Soviet and was done elsewhere as well, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_relocation in general.
In soviet Russia houses move you
Actually had a dream once about houses like that. You could just take your house and to different towns lmao