Levitated Mass

Levitated Mass is a 2012 sculpture by Michael Heizer on the campus of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It consists of a 340-ton boulder affixed above a concrete trench through which visitors may walk.

OK cool — we’re not here for the art though, we’re here for the WEIRD.

Well, I have a purpose here — I want to talk about how this rock got to its new forever home <3.

 The rock was loaded onto a 295-foot long, 196-wheeled transporter custom-built by Emmert International. Because of the transporter’s size and needs, the boulder could only be moved at night at a maximum speed of about seven miles per hour. Though the quarry is located less than 60 miles from the LACMA campus, a circuitous 106-mile route traversing 22 cities in 4 counties was taken in order to avoid busier roads or overpasses that could not support the combined weight of the boulder and transporter. To Sum things up: In 2012, a 340 ton boulder was moved from a rock quarry roughly 60 miles away.  A 295 foot long transporter with 196 wheels was used with a maximum speed of about seven miles per hour. Awesome. I am just going to leave this here for another conversation………. 

 …..yeah its 1,000 tons.

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