The plan was to finish the move of the historic 1909 University of Washington Cunningham Hall building in the early morning hours of September 16, 2009. Those plans went awry when one of the trucks pulling the 350,000 pound building up a slight incline broke down. The continuation of the move got back underway in the early afternoon of September 16, 2009. However, the trucks or dollies placed under the building to stabilize it were geared for a much heavier building with the result that the building could only move forward about ten feet at a time before workers had to straighten out the tires that were no longer pointing straight ahead. The building and support system were resting on 256 tires as it slowly inched forward.
By 4:30 p.m. today (September 16, 2009), it was nearing its final home but still had a ways to go. By the time you read this, no doubt the building will have been placed at its new location next to Parrington Hall.
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