BIG MACHINES BEING MOVED
Added on: 23rd Aug 2015
A POWER STATION TRANSFORMER WEIGHING
AN EARTH-SHATTERING 640 TONNES.
The giant transformer, a vital component used to transmit energy at
power stations, and the specialised transporter vehicle combined
were heavier than a space shuttle. The enormous vehicle is 100m
long and 5m wide and took up two lanes of the motorway while it
crawled to its final destination at just 4mph.
DECOMMISSIONED BOEING 747 JUMBO JET MADE
ITS WAY FROM COTSWOLD AIRPORT IN
GLOUCESTERSHIRE TO STAFFORDSHIRE.
Weighing 60-tonnes, the aircraft measures 22 feet wide,
16ft 3ins high and is 137ft long.
THE FIRST BRITISH-MADE ALUMINIUM ALLOY BARGE
Being taken by road from Dagenham to Avonmouth, in 1951, to be
shipped to Rio de Janeiro for use as a coal depot.
INCREDIBLY HUGE OFF-SHORE OIL RIG PARTS
BEING MOVED ON WHEELS.
MASSIVE CARRIER CRAFT CAN HOLD UP TO 22 BARGES
AND EVEN AN OIL RIG - ON ITS BACK
The Blue Marlin's dimensions are eye watering. It is 712ft long and
138ft deep and has a deck the size of two football pitches.
A 450 TONNE CATALYTIC CRACKER UNIT
The 18 metre tall, 450 tonne load was transported from Ellesmere Port
docks on the north west coast of England to the refinery using self-propelled
modular transporter (SPMT). The SPMT was made up of 30 axles lines,
four files wide. Combined with the cargo, the gross weight of the
transport was 700 tonnes.
THE WORLD'S LARGEST WIND TURBINE BLADE ON THE ROAD
This is the world's largest wind turbine blade en route to the largest
offshore wind turbine in the world, in Methil, Scotland. At an incredible
273.95 feet (83.5 metres) long by 13.7 feet (4.2 metres) wide, the blade
had to be transported all the way from Denmark, where it was manufactured.
A logistical nightmare.
A SECTION OF THE GIANT SATURN V-APOLLO ROCKET
Being transported from its building site to the launch pad in
Cape Kennedy on the 16th January 1967.
Comment on this