O&R Moves Massive Transformers In Rockland

PEARL RIVER, NY — O&R delivered two new huge electrical transformers, weighing over 200 tons each, to its Ramapo substation in Hillburn Wednesday afternoon.

These two units, which cost a total of $5.7 million, are critical for the reliable and economic operation of O&R’s electric transmission system.

The two units, which were custom-made in the Netherlands, were shipped from Belgium to Port Newark. From there, they were transported by rail to a siding adjacent to the municipal parking lot on Hallet Place in downtown Suffern. They were off-loaded onto two specially-designed, 105-feet-long, hydraulic flatbed trucks for the four-mile trip to O&R’s Ramapo substation on Torne Valley Road in Hillburn.

The units were transported in two separate convoys with NY State Police escorts to diminish traffic disruption.

The dimensions of the two units are: 414,500 pounds; 33 feet, 6 inches long; 10 feet, 10 inches wide; 15 feet, 7 inches high.