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bmmayer1 ◴[] No.44468501[source]
This is incredible -- serious question -- has anything of this scale been done in the US or Europe? Do we even have the technology?
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1. mayneack ◴[] No.44468814[source]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Simbel#Relocation

In the 60s a massive stone monument was moved 200m up in elevation to avoid being flooded by a dam.