Highway 27 was shut down for the last three days, ending this morning, to allow six enormous vats destined for
Molson Coors'
Carlingview Drive brewery to be delivered from the Port of Hamilton.
At 40,000 kg, 8 metres high and 7 metres in diameter, the vats are meant to increase the brewery's production capacity, according to Gord Gilchrist, project manager for
Mammoet, the heavy transportation company responsible for the transfer.
"This is probably one of the smallest things we'll move this year," Gilchrist says, explaining his company generally hauls transformers, generators and petrochemical equipment, often having to plot routes that avoid bridges when loads are too heavy for them to support.
No such measures had to be taken this time. "These things are really small," Gilchrist says with a chortle. But they did have a police escort, and in addition to Highway 27, Disco Road, Attwell Drive, Belfield Road, Farnboro Road and Dixon Road all had to be closed at various times during the last three nights.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Gord Gilchrist
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