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Massive generator's trip across SC almost complete
Posted: 11.21.2009 at 3:36 PM
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a huge generator being hauled across South Carolina to a North Carolina utility plant will be spending the next several days making it through one county.

The 880,000-pound Duke Energy generator has spent the past two months being moved from a southern South Carolina port to the utility's plant near Boiling Springs, N.C.

The massive machinery can only be moved at speeds below 20 mph, and officials in Greenville County warn traffic may be snarled starting Friday along U.S. 25, state Highway 124 and other routes.

The generator will have a police escort and deputies suggest motorists look for alternate routes.

(Copyright ©2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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