When a manufacturing plant in Ohio sold three generating turbines weighing 409,944 pounds each and measuring over 59 feet long by 15 1/2 feet wide and with a height of nearly 15 feet to an international oil company to power an oil rig in the Caspian Sea, it was no surprise that the delivery of these mega-sized components would be a major undertaking.
In addition to their extremely large dimensions, the delivery schedule was fast approaching that required arrival of these pieces before the cold winter months of Russia settled in and the waterways to the oil rig froze over.