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Title: Massive beams transported by road from Cornwall to Cheshire (04/12/2009) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 04, 2009, 21:31:15 From the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8394296.stm):
Quote Two massive concrete beams are set to be transported out of Cornwall by road on Friday. The 133-tonne structures have been made by a Cornish firm and will form part of a new railway bridge in Cheshire. Workers at Cornish Concrete Products, near Bissoe, made the beams, and say they are the heaviest manufactured concrete items to leave Cornwall. The beams will be attached to a new steel bridge before the whole structure is lifted into place over Christmas. Title: Re: Massive beams transported by road from Cornwall to Cheshire (04/12/2009) Post by: Phil on December 05, 2009, 08:07:49 And there I was thinking when I saw the title of this thread that the Cornish had built themselves a Large Hadron Collider or something. Concrete beams! I see now!
Stupid question perhaps, but if they're destined for a railway bridge, wouldn't it have made more sense to trainsport them by rail? This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |