Moving Cast Iron Radiators in the Old Yale Art Building

The company I work for, Urban Miners, recently salvaged 15,000 lbs of old radiators (circa 1900) from a Yale University building in New Haven, CT. Moving those things down 4 flights of stairs was quite a job, but the fact that these artifacts from the turn of the century will be reused instead of trashed is rewarding in its own right.

Here Pete, Joe and I take one of the bigger ones down the stairs.

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[FrazzledPaul]

Great. Now I know how to get the old rads out of my house. Thanks! Great idea!

[Spectermonkey]

so 15000 pounds of old cast iron radiators, whats that, about 2 of them?

[thefabulousonebijou]

so they can actually still be used? how do these things not break?!  I guess they dont make things like they used to...

[dougydo109]

I have to do the same thing, but I need to bring one UPSTAIRS. They're not just heavy, they're dogass heavy.

[maidenrulz73]

HEAVY!!!