Danvers State demolition

1 clue in this photo

1Demolition core

Danvers 2006: a crane to bring it down

The 2006 photo of the Danvers State demolition shows a tall crane, a loader carrying broken masonry and heaps of crushed brick in front of the Gothic wings.

The questionIf taking it down needed modern machinery, how was it built with horses?

Photo: Detmafilms at English Wikipedia · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

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