- 4,969
- 2,882
So, there was a Class M feat done in real life: particularly a Chinese school building with four floors:
The news sources I've seen (all small) debate on how much the building weighed, with figures ranging from 7000 tons (6350.288 tonnes) to 7600 tons (6894.5984 tons), with one news source listing its weight at 16 million pounds (8000 tons; 7257.472 tonnes). The building itself is a five-story building, which around that of the Quality Inn buildings I went to (which had 5 or 6 floors). Still, needless to say, the school is heavier than the US' tallest brick lighthouse: https://www.devooghthouselifters.com/10-heaviest-buildings-ever-moved-or-relocated/
(Speaking of lighthouses, the Statue of Liberty was a lighthouse? I thought that thing did nothing.)
Given a five-story school weighing 7000 or so tons was moved, I'm thinking urban buildings (I think 5+ stories would be a good rule of thumb) should be used as an example for Class M. This is bearing in mind that the University of Houston claimed that the Empire State Building weighed 350,000 tons (https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2605.htm ).
What do you think?
The news sources I've seen (all small) debate on how much the building weighed, with figures ranging from 7000 tons (6350.288 tonnes) to 7600 tons (6894.5984 tons), with one news source listing its weight at 16 million pounds (8000 tons; 7257.472 tonnes). The building itself is a five-story building, which around that of the Quality Inn buildings I went to (which had 5 or 6 floors). Still, needless to say, the school is heavier than the US' tallest brick lighthouse: https://www.devooghthouselifters.com/10-heaviest-buildings-ever-moved-or-relocated/
(Speaking of lighthouses, the Statue of Liberty was a lighthouse? I thought that thing did nothing.)
Given a five-story school weighing 7000 or so tons was moved, I'm thinking urban buildings (I think 5+ stories would be a good rule of thumb) should be used as an example for Class M. This is bearing in mind that the University of Houston claimed that the Empire State Building weighed 350,000 tons (https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2605.htm ).
What do you think?
