AN electrical transformer the size of a house is being installed in a Cottingham substation after crawling along the roads of East Yorkshire this morning. The 170-tonne transformer will replace one damaged by a fire at the Creyke Beck substation earlier this year.
After a 5,500 mile journey from Korea, it arrived at Hull docks at 8am this morning. The 5m-long, 5m-high piece of equipment was delivered by National Grid.
Project manager Neil McMinn said: "It's been a great achievement to deliver the transformer to Cottingham substation.
"The challenges of delivering something this size and from such a distance have taken months of planning and collaboration with many agencies and a specialist haulage transport team. We are pleased it has gone so well and thank everyone for their patience."
The delivery saw roads closed in the village centre after the transformer went along Clive Sullivan Way from Albert Dock before heading north up the A164.
The final leg of the journey was through Cottingham and then onto Park Lane. Northgate, one of the village's main shopping streets, was shut by police as the load passed through and Park Lane itself was closed until noon.
After a 5,500 mile journey from Korea, it arrived at Hull docks at 8am this morning. The 5m-long, 5m-high piece of equipment was delivered by National Grid.
Project manager Neil McMinn said: "It's been a great achievement to deliver the transformer to Cottingham substation.
"The challenges of delivering something this size and from such a distance have taken months of planning and collaboration with many agencies and a specialist haulage transport team. We are pleased it has gone so well and thank everyone for their patience."
The delivery saw roads closed in the village centre after the transformer went along Clive Sullivan Way from Albert Dock before heading north up the A164.
The final leg of the journey was through Cottingham and then onto Park Lane. Northgate, one of the village's main shopping streets, was shut by police as the load passed through and Park Lane itself was closed until noon.
