Anchors Away

For the last year, the museum has been trying to acquire a large anchor and cannon that are sitting in the garden of the old DuPont proprieties on Provo. The properties are for sale and a few weeks ago we received the go ahead to move the artifacts to a location where they can be conserved. We moved them today with the help of AND construction.

A quick calculation of the weight of the iron suggested the cannon could weigh as much as 840 pounds while the anchor weighs in at maybe 600 pounds.

AND brought a 40 foot flatbed and a crane thinking we could lift the items, but these were way to big to get up the hill to the property. These were sent back and a front loader was brought up to the house.

In the end, they hand carried the anchor and placed it on a flatbed trailer. They tried to carry the cannon, but this only made it a few feet before it was decided to hoist it with the front loader. After this it became like clockwork and the move to the museum property went smoothly.

Project complete!