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Specialists in water
transport - 'taking the load off the road'
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Abnormal Loads
From time to time we are asked to move abnormal or
unusual loads. This is usually because the normal road access is not
big enough for a particular load or because a specific site has no
longer got road access due to building developments. |
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We recently moved an 18m by 4m by 2m food
processing cabinet for the New Covent Garden Food Company
into their premises in Willesden by barge. The food
processing equipment was delivered by road from Germany to
Powerday’s wharf in Willesden. From there the equipment was
loaded onto one of our motor barges fitted with rails and
wheels so the equipment could be unloaded directly into the
NCGF Co premises from the canal side. |
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When the motor barge was moored up alongside
the New Covent Garden Food Companies premises rails were run
ashore so the equipment could be moved off the barge and
down the rails into the NCGF Companies food processing
plant. The various parts of the equipment were then
assembled on site to rebuild the full 18m long piece of
equipment. |
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In another example a hydraulically operated
lift bridge that had been installed in Paddington before the
recent developments took place needed to be removed for
servicing. The only access to this bridge was from the
canal. Using one of our plant pontoons we installed a
lifting turntable allowing us to lift the bridge up off its
fixings and rotate round 90 degrees and lower into the
pontoon. It was then moved along the canal to an access
point for onward transport by road. |
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Springwell
Farm ● Springwell Lane ● Harefield ● Middx UB9 6PG
Tel: 01895 820203 ● Mob: 07951 026174 ● Email
info@whhbarges.co.uk |