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A landmark building is going to trans located roughly 60 meters to the west of Zurich and the work already started last week. The 6,200 tonne former factory was being carried in its entirely with two hydraulic pressers, 500 rollers and six sections of railway line being utilized at the rate of five meters per hour.
According to the company paying for the operation, the project to move the 80 meter long and 12 meter wide building is the largest Switzerland and Europe has ever seen. The Machine Factory Oerlikon (MFO) building was facing demolition in 2010 due to the expansion of nearby ailway lines but it was saved when the Swiss real estate company, Swiss Prime Site (SPS), decided to by it. The physical work freeing the foundations of the old factory and putting it on rolling tracks started last summer. So far SPS have spent roughly USD 12.7 million on the operation in order to preserve the Zurich landmark.
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