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Imagineers wanted a very large, old oak tree for the recreation area’s swimming pool. They finally found one more than one hundred years old, located twelve miles away. No problem for Disney engineers and horticulture experts to move it. A special cypress box 22 feet square was built to hold the tree’s immense and delicate root system. The tree-moving team slowly unearthed the tree, keeping it hooked to cranes above. The 85-ton oak was then lifted onto a flatbed tractor trailer and moved at a cautious speed of four miles per hour. It took three days to reach the resort, and because of its height and branch span, 108 light poles and six traffic signals had to be moved out of its path. This resort is also connected by water taxi and can transport Guests up the lazy river to the Disney Village Marketplace and Pleasure Island.
The Bonnet Creek Golf Coursesd in 1992. The two championship courses, Eagle Pines and Osprey Ridge, were designed by noted course architects Pete Dye and Tom Fazio. The courses took two years to construct around the natural woodlands near Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground.
Also in 1992, the 28,000-square-foot Materials Recovery Facilityd its doors near the tree farm. The facility separates and processes many materials, such as office paper, cardboard, aluminum cans, and steel. Separated materials are bought by vendors, used as compost, or taken to landfills.
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