Watch - 19th century building rolls down the street

It was built in 1889. It weighs 6,944 tons. But that didn't stop project contractors in Zurich from placing the MFO Building on giant rollers and wheeling it 200ft down the road.

The three-storey office building was going to be demolished for the development of a train station, but local protestors convinced the contractors to save the building and relocate it. Luckily, Swiss photographer Patrick Gautschy was on hand to capture the whole thing:

Moving of the MFO building in Zurich 2012, time lapse from Patrick Gautschy on Vimeo.