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Moving the Rock

The University of Tennessee's beloved Rock, which has served as a favorite venue for student self-expression, will be moved to its new location today. UT employees unload barricades preparing for the move.

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The University of Tennessee's beloved Rock, which has served as a favorite venue for student self-expression, will be moved to its new location today. UT employees unload barricades preparing for the move.

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  • Powell Construction workers hoist The University of Tennessee's beloved Rock out of the ground and wait for the truck which will carry it around the block to its new home.
  • Students and media watch as The University of Tennessee's beloved Rock is lifted out of the ground Wednesday morning.
  • The Rock on the University of Tennessee campus.
  • Workers adjust the straps that will help the crane lift the 80 ton rock and settle it on a flatbed truck to move it across the street.
  • The 80-ton Knox dolomite rock will be loaded onto a flatbed truck so it can be moved to the new site across the street to make way for a new 109,242-square-feet Student Health Center.
  • Members of the media and interested onlookers gather to watch the process of moving the Rock about 275 feet diagonally across the street.
  • The University of Tennessee's beloved Rock, which has served as a favorite venue for student self-expression, will be moved to its new location today. UT employees unload barricades preparing for the move.
  • The crane arrives to move UT's Rock.
  • The University of Tennessee's beloved Rock, which has served as a favorite venue for student self-expression, is moving to a new location. The Rock, located south of Volunteer Boulevard near the intersection of Pat Head Summitt Street, is being moved about 275 feet diagonally across the street to make way for a new 109,242-square-feet Student Health Center.
  • University of Tennessee Facilities Services worker Raj Arepalli, left, watches as Jimmy Helton, right, holds a measuring tape to determine the width of the Rock on Tuesday. The 28-foot wide, 80-ton Rock will be moved diagonally across the street to a new location.
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  • The Rock is pictured Tuesday at the University of Tennessee. The campus landmark is moving about 275 feet diagonally across the street because of construction.
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  • The Rock is lowered into its new home at the corner of Pat Head Summitt Street and Volunteer Boulevard. The university paid Claiborne Hauling Contractors $6,000 to move the Rock.

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