Massive Transformers Moving to Riel Station - Manitoba Hydro

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.

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What will they use that transformer for?!