EMPORIA (KSNT) - A massive boiler weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds moved through the City of Emporia Tuesday, prompting a response from local work crews and police.
Crews transported the 660,000-pound boiler through Emporia on K-99 on the morning of June 25 on its long trip to California. The huge vessel measures 22 feet tall, 22 feet wide and 210 feet long.
The City of Emporia provided a police escort for the "super load" with work crews helping take down traffic lights to let the boiler move through urban areas.
"This is the biggest since I have been here seven years this is the largest, tallest super load that we have had move through the town," said City of Emporia Engineer James Ubert.
Traffic lights taken out of commission for the move have since been restored.
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