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Moving Day is here!
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A moving crew from Tilton House Movers preps the dragline boom for lift so they can place dollies underneath. These dollies, like an oversized caster wheel, will allow the boom to be towed to its new home south of Franklin. - photo by Dustin R. Strong / The Moring Sun
Southeast Kansas — Originally scheduled for Thursday, Mother Nature and technical difficulties conspired to postpone the move of the Page 618 boom to Friday. Derrick Tilton and his crew used the day on Thursday to prep the boom for its move. Suspended on crib boards, Tilton’s crew lifted the boom, positioned dollies underneath, and removed the cribbing before lowering the boom and securing it to the dollies.