What is crazy is there are 3 stones that size there with a weight of 800 tonnes each, there is a 1,600t stone in a nearby quarry that never made it out of the quarry. There are a few other stones over 800t there as well.
Humanity today had trouble moving a 340t stone 106 miles. It took 11 days at 7mph to move it in place for the Levitated Mass art installation.
In the late 1700s Russia moved the Thunder Stone, a 1,500t rock that was carved down to 1,200t over the course of a 9 month journey to transport it 6km. They used only manpower to move it across land 150m a day with a special sled that rode on a track that used 6" diamter bronze balls to roll. The barge that carried it across water was specially made and was supported by two warships.
What is crazy is there are 3 stones that size there with a weight of 800 tonnes each, there is a 1,600t stone in a nearby quarry that never made it out of the quarry. There are a few other stones over 800t there as well.
Humanity today had trouble moving a 340t stone 106 miles. It took 11 days at 7mph to move it in place for the Levitated Mass art installation.
In the late 1700s Russia moved the Thunder Stone, a 1,500t rock that was carved down to 1,200t over the course of a 9 month journey to transport it 6km. They used only manpower to move it across land 150m a day with a special sled that rode on a track that used 6" diamter bronze balls to roll. The barge that carried it across water was specially made and was supported by two warships.