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>> i think it's just absolutely amazing. >> reporter: wrapped in white plastic, this 340-ton hunk of granite is headed on tour from a quarry in riverside to its final resting place at the los angeles county museum of art. the centerpiece of "levitated mass," a new installation by earth artist michael heisner. moving something this big required thinking big. a team of engineers constructed a flatbed trailer the size of a football field to transport the rock on its 105-mile journey. >> it's spread out over 206 tires. so the loads on the actual axles are typical of what you'd see on like a dump t...
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