The Interior of the Theatre, showing the Steel Rods threaded through the Walls to prevent spreading
The Structure, which weighs 8000 Tons, jacked up and ready to be swung about to the new Foundations in the Foreground
The big Building being pushed along the Rails with Screw-jacks braced against the chain-anchored Beam in the Centre
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THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A BROOKLYN THEATRE
THE REMARKABLE ENGINEERING FEAT OF MOVING THE MONTAUK THEATRE IN BROOKLYN FORY-FIVE FEET BACKWARD FROM ITS FOUNDATIONS, TURN IT HALF AROUND, AND THEN SLIDE IT AT A RIGHT ANGLE SIXTY-FIVE FEET MORE TO FRONT ON ANOTHER STREET, HAS NOT ONLY AROUSED THE INTEREST OF ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS, BUT VIVIDLY RECALLED THE STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH PREFACED THE FEAT. BRIEFLY, IN ORDER TO EXTEND AN AVENUE THE CITY PURCHASED THE BUILDING AND SITE AT A VALUATION OF $230,000 FOR THE STRUCTURE ALONE. THEN THE BUILDING WAS BOUGHT FOR $11,500 BY A COMPANY, THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF WHICH WAS TREASURER OF THE THEATRE. THE PRICE THE CITY PAID FOR THE PROPERTY WAS THE SUBJECT OF MUCH CRITICAL COMMENT. THE COST OF THE MOVING WAS $75,000, WHICH, WITH THE PURCHASE PRICE, GAVE THE COMPANY A $230,000 BUILDING FOR $86,500
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