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Relocating the Watch Box – W.F. Magann Corporation

Relocating the Watch Box – W.F. Magann Corporation

Case Study: Relocating the Watch Box – W.F. Magann Corporation W.F. Magann Corporation rented a Modulift modular spreader beam from Lifting Gear Hire and was able to fulfill their contractual obligations to delicately relocate the historical structure known as the Watch Box. The Situation W.F. Magann Corporation was subcontracted by Summit Construction to assist in relocating the Watch Box, a historic structure at NSF Indian Head (a naval research facility in Maryland) that once guarded the Washington Navy Yard during the Civil War. A historic structure that Abraham Lincoln would often visit, the Watch Box played a vital role in keeping the Navy Yard secure and it remains to this day as the only surviving example from that period of time. Considering it’s the 150 th anniversary of the end

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