Monster Moves - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Mammoth Mansions
The first programme sees a race against the clock to relocate two fragile, super-heavy mansions. The 1857 Varsity Hall is an ornate three-storey, 500 tonne masonry monster, it throws up a host of engineering headaches…the walls are weak, the windows are rotting, and an entire wing of the Hall is loose.
Will it survive a nail-biting journey downhill intact? Further north in Canada, a family buy a nine-bedroom Victorian mansion. Now they have to move it to their farm. But will their dream home survive a 130 mile journey by land and ocean?
Tall Towers
Two teams of engineers battle against storms and snow to relocate two, super-tall, top heavy towers.
At Heathrow, an 1000 tonne glass and steel Air Traffic Control Tower has to be moved across one of the world's busiest runways.
Meanwhile in the frozen mountains of Canada, five 140 foot grain towers have to be moved 20 miles through a vicious snowstorm.
Long Loads
In Omaha Nebraska , fearless mover Dave Scribnerand his son Bill attempt to make moving history, hauling two of America 's longest locomotives through downtown city streets.
It's an action packed trek as the 100ft long diesel train - The Centennial - and a 500 tonne steam train – The Big Boy - are heaved and squeezed out of the rail yard and across town to a new hill top home.
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