TIGHT FIT FOR 100 TON LOAD
10th June 1966, Page 34
10th June 1966
Page 34
Page 34, 10th June 1966
— TIGHT FIT FOR 100 TON LOAD
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The first of the main reactors for what will be Europe's largest acetic acid plankseen here en route to the factory at Salt End, Hull, now being built by Distillers Industrial Solvents Division.
The reactor, which weighs about 100 tons and is almost 50 ft. long, travelled by special low. loader from the Albert Dock, Hull, to Salt End as the last stage of its journey from the manufacturers at Degerfors, in Sweden. Because of the size of this load the normal route through the centre of Hull was avoided, and a 20-mile detour taken to the north of the city. By using slim cradles on the low-loader Pickfords were able to get the reactor under the only road bridge on this route. The journey, made under police escort, took four hours.
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