11 P.M. Move

[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

Lesley Delaney Hawkins called this evening. If I remember the message correctly, she said that NStar is moving equipment on Thursday the tenth, beginning at 11 P.M. from Broadway to Willow to Elm to Beech to Cambridge. The move will take about three hours.

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[bigfatwhale.livejournal.com]

I caught slightly better photos (http://blog.bigfatwhale.com/2008/01/11/return-of-the-somerville-mystery-object/) of it this time.

It looked like they're returning the same tansformer from last week.

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[tomchampion.livejournal.com]

Actually, they had to take out the old transformer that had been replaced by the newer unit shipped in overnight on January 3-4.

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[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

So, where were they coming from / going to?

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[tomchampion.livejournal.com]

As others have correctly speculated above, the new transformer went into the big substation over by Fresh Pond.

The new unit came up from NJ by barge to Chelsea Creek, and the old one is going back the same way. But please don't ask about travel routes through other communities: I'd have to call NSTAR to find that out, and I can never get those guys on the phone.

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[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

OK but the one last week, did that start in Somerville ( Willow @ bike path ) as speculated in last week's post, or did that come up from Cambridge as well?

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[tomchampion.livejournal.com]

It crossed in from Mass Ave in Cambridge, traveling on Beech Street before heading up Willow.

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[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

Those poles on top of the container are there to push the low-hanging wires up and over the container as it travels down the street. Very clever.

Also, there seemed to be a tree trimming vehicle at the end of the convoy. Maybe to clean up any tree carnage left behind by the big metal container.