Mega Movers

Name: Mega Movers
Released: 2006-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ray Van Ness

TV Show · Documentary · History

How do you move a 180-foot-long railroad bridge? An eight-story lighthouse? A 500-ton oil rig? Or an entire beach all in one week? Mega Movers examines the intricate business of planning and the incredible strength required to move these massive structures — without massive disasters.

2006 · 44m

Starring Ray Van Ness

EPISODE 1

Fragile Giants

Families struggle to relocate and save a 100-year-old homestead and an 1890 Queen Anne-style Victorian house.
EPISODE 2

900 Ton Building

The Matyiko brothers move a 900-ton brick building to its new location.
EPISODE 3

Oil Machines

Transporting a 22,000-ton oil rig from Singapore to the Gulf of Mexico.
EPISODE 4

B-25 Bomber

A World War II B-25 Mitchell goes from the bottom of a lake to a museum.
EPISODE 6

Locomotives

Giant locomotives roll again for the first time in 50 years.
EPISODE 7

Lost & Found

Lifting a historic diner out of a building that has covered it for over 50 years.