Hundreds of people moved a barn by hand, like ‘picking up a carton of eggs’

About 850 Amish men picked up a barn in Geauga County and moved it 200 feet by hand. Jeremy Brown/The Portager

Hundreds of people moved a barn by hand, like ‘picking up a carton of eggs’

- Jeremy Brown

Hundreds of Amish men from Geauga County and surrounding areas carried a 35,000-pound barn by hand to relocate it about 200 feet on the property of a Welshfield business owner Oct. 11.

Based on the estimate of the barn’s weight and the 850 or more men on hand to haul it, each worker hoisted about 40 pounds.

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