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Article: Trucks ship wind blades on coastal route Cianbro crews await delivery of turbine parts on Vinalhaven
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- August 12, 2009
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BELFAST - Mainers had the chance Tuesday to get up close and
personal with four giant wind turbine blades traveling down the
coast that are ultimately destined to generate electricity on
Vinalhaven.
The 123-foot-long blades, carried on two large trucks, started
their day in Eastport at 8 a.m. and had made it to Renys Plaza in
Belfast by about 1:30 p.m., hitting downtown Ellsworth and Bucksport
along the way. An escort from the Maine State Police helped
facilitate the journey, but long lines of traffic nonetheless snaked
behind the convoy for what appeared to be miles. After circumventing
the often traffic-choked downtown Camden using Routes 3, 32 and 17,
the turbines headed toward Rockland ...