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Delivery of Alstom National Grid Transformer, Preston from the barge Terra Marique on the River Ribble, Lancs, UK
An enormous electrical transformer being delivered in two sections weighing 271 tonnes. The load was brought from Ellesmere Port on a sea-going barge and along the River Ribble. It is for the National Grid substation at Howick Cross Lane in Penwortham.
Size: 3500px × 2333px
Location: Preston, England, UK
Photo credit: © MediaWorldImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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