Large equipment moved through Clarke County overnight — what was it?

CLARKE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Did you see the massive equipment being hauled along the highway on Wednesday in Clarke County?

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The Clarke County Emergency Management Agency announced on Sept. 10 that a large piece of equipment would be moving through the area on Sept. 17.

The move happened, as scheduled, but people who witnessed it may have wondered: What was that?

That piece of equipment was a boiler that was removed from a barge in Jackson and relocated to Alabama River Cellulose in Perdue Hill.

The boiler was described as being 24 feet wide, 22 feet high and 221 feet long.

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It was moved on a portion of US 43 north and US 84 until it reached CR 39.

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