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Transporting the Powell farm house across Eagle Creek. When W. Ross Thompson bought the farm home of Bill Powell (located 1 mile north of Eagle Creek) following the sale of the Powell land to the Hutterite colony, he moved it to his own farm, two miles south of town. The whole structure weighed 225 tons.
The Mike & Sophie Gawletz home, located on 100 block of 2nd Avenue East. October 16, 1930.
Moving the Powell farm house, basement and all, a feat which had never been done here before.
Sod building with a small wooden building on the right side with several people standing infront of the open door. Writing on the front of the picture "Uncle Joe Paquette first store and post office Rosetown, 1906".
Front view of the Powell house as it sits lifted up and ready to move.
The Powell house with basement intact, lifted up on blocks and ready to go on the trailer for transport. The structure weighed 225 tons and up until this point, a house with basement intact had not been moved whole before.
Rear view of the Powell house as it sits lifted ready to move.
Rear view of the Powell house as it sits lifted ready to move.
Side view of the Powell house as it sits on the semi trailer ready to move.
House built in 1925 by T.E. Smith, Glamis. Picture taken by Ward's Photo Studio, March 16, 1929. Painted buildings in the background.
Ward's Photo Studio
The Powell house atop the semi trailer, ready to move to its new location 2.5 miles south of Rosetown. The house was moved by W. Ross Thompson, basement and all.
Rosetown General Photograph Collection
The Rosetown General Photograph Collection spans approximately ten decades of the history of Rosetown and district, consisting of photographs taken by and collected by the Rosetown Centennial Library Archives.