Massive Transformers Moving to Riel Station - Manitoba Hydro
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- Опубліковано 30 жов 2024
- On Sunday, November 4, the first of three giant transformers began its move from a Winnipeg factory to its new home at Manitoba Hydro's Riel Station.
Each transformer weighs over 175,000 kilograms, measures 7 metres by 4 metres, and is valued at over $5 million.
Each move takes 3 nights, traveling on a self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT) through Winnipeg and on highways south of the city along a route designed to avoid tight city streets and narrow overpasses.
The SPMT is 34 metres long and 7.5 metres wide. It has 320 tires and stretches over 2 lanes of traffic as it travels at approximately 5 kilometres per hour.
This SPMT is similar to the one used to move the space shuttle Endeavour through the streets of Los Angeles in October 2012.
What will they use that transformer for?!