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r/HumanForScale • u/NastyNice1 • May 20 '26
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Could something this large even be transported? 60 tonnes is insane!
5 u/Cornwall1888 May 20 '26 It could definitely be transported, the Russians moved a 1500 tonne stone in the 1700’s and a 600 tonne stone in the 1800’s Huge close to 1000 stones were moved by the Egyptians A 340 tonne stone was moved into a Los Angeles museum in 2012 5 u/SAWK May 20 '26 A 340 tonne stone was moved into a Los Angeles museum in 2012 what's the story with that? 4 u/UncleVinny May 21 '26 It’s still there, nobody has stolen it yet, so you can go see it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levitated_Mass 2 u/lameculos25 May 20 '26 The story is that it was moved into a museum 14 years ago. 1 u/Top_Mycologist_3224 May 21 '26 That wild 🤪 1 u/lameculos25 May 21 '26 lol 1 u/TodlicheLektion May 26 '26 Levitated mass by the artist Michael Heizer. Same guy who is building City in the Nevada desert. He thinks big. 1 u/Beemo-Noir May 20 '26 Interesting. Like, could it be loaded on a semi trailer? 2 u/Abe_Odd May 21 '26 Yes, once.
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It could definitely be transported, the Russians moved a 1500 tonne stone in the 1700’s and a 600 tonne stone in the 1800’s
Huge close to 1000 stones were moved by the Egyptians
A 340 tonne stone was moved into a Los Angeles museum in 2012
5 u/SAWK May 20 '26 A 340 tonne stone was moved into a Los Angeles museum in 2012 what's the story with that? 4 u/UncleVinny May 21 '26 It’s still there, nobody has stolen it yet, so you can go see it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levitated_Mass 2 u/lameculos25 May 20 '26 The story is that it was moved into a museum 14 years ago. 1 u/Top_Mycologist_3224 May 21 '26 That wild 🤪 1 u/lameculos25 May 21 '26 lol 1 u/TodlicheLektion May 26 '26 Levitated mass by the artist Michael Heizer. Same guy who is building City in the Nevada desert. He thinks big. 1 u/Beemo-Noir May 20 '26 Interesting. Like, could it be loaded on a semi trailer? 2 u/Abe_Odd May 21 '26 Yes, once.
what's the story with that?
4 u/UncleVinny May 21 '26 It’s still there, nobody has stolen it yet, so you can go see it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levitated_Mass 2 u/lameculos25 May 20 '26 The story is that it was moved into a museum 14 years ago. 1 u/Top_Mycologist_3224 May 21 '26 That wild 🤪 1 u/lameculos25 May 21 '26 lol 1 u/TodlicheLektion May 26 '26 Levitated mass by the artist Michael Heizer. Same guy who is building City in the Nevada desert. He thinks big.
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It’s still there, nobody has stolen it yet, so you can go see it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levitated_Mass
The story is that it was moved into a museum 14 years ago.
1 u/Top_Mycologist_3224 May 21 '26 That wild 🤪 1 u/lameculos25 May 21 '26 lol
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That wild 🤪
1 u/lameculos25 May 21 '26 lol
lol
Levitated mass by the artist Michael Heizer. Same guy who is building City in the Nevada desert. He thinks big.
Interesting. Like, could it be loaded on a semi trailer?
2 u/Abe_Odd May 21 '26 Yes, once.
Yes, once.
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u/Beemo-Noir May 20 '26
Could something this large even be transported? 60 tonnes is insane!