Over thirty tons comprising the Jcnormous and highly complicated door 9 the vault of the new Bank of China Building was moved during the night! of June 21 from the Peking Road Jetty, across the Bund and up to the alley' of the Bund's latest skyscraper.
The Bund was the scene of much activity as coolies and trucks struggled Jagainst the tremendous weight of their charge. The vault door was very slowly moved on rollers on top fof a rail of logs and and it was all the trucks could do to gain any Jground at all. Logs were propped up Behind the rear wheels of the truck to "ain friction and to prevent back sliding.
Weighing over 60,000 th, the vault door, made in the United States is 9 ft.'11 in, tong, 8 ft. 4 in. wide and £1. 8 in. in height. It is ealeutated tu bate the most scientific-minded robbers.
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