Division Selection List Recent Projects Using Miscellaneous Forklifts Project: Essalea Barn Relocation Location: Thorton, Ontario Contact: Rob Doucet A 140ft. by 96ft. was requested by Western to be relocated across Hwy. 27 just north of Thorton, ON. The move stopped traffic on the highway for only 10 minutes as the structure crossed and travelled through a corn field. Show photo gallery for this project View equipment used Project: Frontier Reactor Heavy Lift Location: Oakville, On Contact: Larry Eisses Hooper Welding Enterprises is a recognized leader in the design and manufacturing of pressure vessels and alloy fabrication. At Hooper’s main facility in Oakville, Ontario a 1.4 million pound reactor was fabricated for and oil refinery in El Dorado, Kansas. Logistically, moving a reactor approximately 130’-0” long 14’-8” diameter and 1.4 million pounds requires specialized equipment including a 20 axle double wide transporter (320 tires), Western’s specialized lifting devices and a specialized 36 axle Schnabel railcar. Western was in charge of all lifting and trans-loading of this reactor prior to the 20 day railway journey to the oil refinery in Kansas, as well as the assembly of the Schnabel railcar. This load is the single heaviest ever moved on the CN railway network. Photos by H.B. Photo Services Show photo gallery for this project View equipment used Project: Goreway Generating Station Location: Brampton, Ontario Contact: Dan Eisses Goreway Station is a natural gas powered electrical generating facility with a power output of 874MW in Brampton, Ontario. Essential to the power production, a 356 ton steam generator and a 136 ton steam turbine are housed more than sixty-five feet above ground. Posed with installing these two large components, Western developed a lifting apparatus using strand jack technology and gantry jacks. Since the Goreway Station project, Western has used similar rigging arrangements for many electrical generating facilities across Ontario. Show photo gallery for this project View equipment used Project: Locomotive 6167 Relocation Location: Guelph, Ontario Contact: Rob Doucet CN locomotive 6167 was built in 1940 and used to move goods, products and people from Ontario to the East-coast ports during World War II, eventually logging 2 million kilometres of service. Being one of the most photographed locomotives in North America, the locomotive was retired at the Guelph Bus Terminal in 1959. Western was hired to relocate the 403,000 lbs locomotive and 280,000 lbs tender to facilitate a new downtown transit terminal. Photos by: H.B. Photo Show photo gallery for this project View equipment used Project: Transformer Installations Location: Chicoutimi, Quebec Contact: Dan Eisses Rigging, loading, transportation, offloading and installation of 22 transformers. Show photo gallery for this project View equipment used
Recent Projects Using Miscellaneous Forklifts
A 140ft. by 96ft. was requested by Western to be relocated across Hwy. 27 just north of Thorton, ON. The move stopped traffic on the highway for only 10 minutes as the structure crossed and travelled through a corn field.
Hooper Welding Enterprises is a recognized leader in the design and manufacturing of pressure vessels and alloy fabrication. At Hooper’s main facility in Oakville, Ontario a 1.4 million pound reactor was fabricated for and oil refinery in El Dorado, Kansas. Logistically, moving a reactor approximately 130’-0” long 14’-8” diameter and 1.4 million pounds requires specialized equipment including a 20 axle double wide transporter (320 tires), Western’s specialized lifting devices and a specialized 36 axle Schnabel railcar. Western was in charge of all lifting and trans-loading of this reactor prior to the 20 day railway journey to the oil refinery in Kansas, as well as the assembly of the Schnabel railcar. This load is the single heaviest ever moved on the CN railway network. Photos by H.B. Photo Services
Goreway Station is a natural gas powered electrical generating facility with a power output of 874MW in Brampton, Ontario. Essential to the power production, a 356 ton steam generator and a 136 ton steam turbine are housed more than sixty-five feet above ground. Posed with installing these two large components, Western developed a lifting apparatus using strand jack technology and gantry jacks. Since the Goreway Station project, Western has used similar rigging arrangements for many electrical generating facilities across Ontario.
CN locomotive 6167 was built in 1940 and used to move goods, products and people from Ontario to the East-coast ports during World War II, eventually logging 2 million kilometres of service. Being one of the most photographed locomotives in North America, the locomotive was retired at the Guelph Bus Terminal in 1959. Western was hired to relocate the 403,000 lbs locomotive and 280,000 lbs tender to facilitate a new downtown transit terminal. Photos by: H.B. Photo
Rigging, loading, transportation, offloading and installation of 22 transformers.
