Generating excitement on Cornish byways
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rivers on Cornish roads normally find themselves vainly trying to pass caravans during these summer months. Recently, however, motorists would have encountered a far more daunting problem in the shape of a 400-tonne consignment travelling at snail's pace from Penzance up the A30.
Stafford heavy haulier Ale Transport was contracted to move a giant turbine generator from the seafront at Penzance to an oil-fired power station at the quaintly named Indian Queens, near Newquay.
Three such loads were moved between March and the end of last month on 220ft, 128-wheel trailers. The generators were imported from New York and transhipped to Penzance from Southampton as lorry buffs followed the consignment along its final route, while police attempted to calm proceedings by diverting traffic from the A30 to minor roads.