Consumers Energy crews move transformer to new location

Walker, Michigan, USA: Consumers Energy moved a big transformer in Ottawa County yesterday.

 


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Walker, Michigan, USA: Consumers Energy moved a big transformer in Ottawa County yesterday.

About 30 m long, the transformer is also about 6 m tall and weighs almost 300 tons.

Crews along the route had to raise power lines so the truck could make it through safely. They had a police escort the entire time.

Consumers Energy is a public utility that provides natural gas and electricity to 6.7 million of Michigan’s 10 million residents.

Source: Fox17