Wally Wallington Explained

Nationality:American
Occupation:Retired construction worker
Known For:Construction techniques
Notable Works:Stonehenge replica

Wally Wallington is a retired construction worker from Lapeer County, Michigan, who has demonstrated methods for a single person to achieve the construction and manipulation of massive monoliths.

Work

He has constructed a concrete Stonehenge-like structure using only materials and techniques that do not rely on any modern machine-powered technology. He has demonstrated this technique[1] on the Canadian science television program Daily Planet[2] [3] and also for the Discovery Channel.[4]

Technique

His technique uses simple machines such as levers aided by counterweights and pivots. He says that he has successfully singlehandedly "walked" a twenty-ton barn and multi-thousand-pound concrete blocks using a beam lever and two pivots beneath the object and near the center of mass. These techniques might be comparable to those used by Edward Leedskalnin when he had single-handedly constructed his massive Coral Castle in Florida.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Web Site Shows Old Skills Moving Mountain Of Rock. Mike Wendland. 2004-10-04. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. 2007-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930182715/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-6259563.html. 2007-09-30. dead.
  2. Web site: Daily Planet clip. . 2016-12-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20161130232251/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCvx5gSnfW4. 2016-11-30. dead.
  3. Web site: same Daily Planet clip with moving pictures. 2011-06-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606082701/http://sciencestage.com/v/951/building-stonehenge.html. 2011-06-06. dead.
  4. Web site: Simple building. Stonehenge Reloaded by only one white man!!!. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/-K7q20VzwVs . 2021-12-14 . live. .
  5. Web site: The Mysterious Coral Castle. .