Interactive: Getting the rock ready to roll

Moving the 340-ton boulder from a Riverside County quarry to LACMA was a highly choreographed process that involved building a transporter around it.

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March 20, 2012, 1:44 p.m.

Sources: Emmert International, LACMA. Graphics reporting by Julie Sheer. Graphic and interactivity by Matt Moody.

Comments (8)

heartmac at 11:53 AM February 29, 2012

I think it's marvelous what our technology can do however, if we only really knew how a 120 pound man named Ed Leedskalnin could build his entire Coral Castle. He somehow moved quarried and sculpted over 1,100 short tons of rock and later relocated it all in a new location. We still have a great deal to learn from ancient technology.

KellyM.Bray at 6:55 PM February 28, 2012

A 240 ton waste of money.

mcshopper49 at 9:41 AM February 28, 2012

And you believe everything you read?

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