Lined Valve Co. Builds One of the World's Largest Valves
Monday, September 21, 2009
The Daily
News (WA) - A Woodland company has created one of the world's largest valves:
It's 34-feet tall, 11 feet wide and weighs 52,000 pounds - and it may open the
flood gates for more work funded by federal economic stimulus dollars.
The valve
fits a 96-inch diameter pipe for a Chicago storm and wastewater treatment
plant.
The
end-product proved so massive, the company rented a "90-ton crane to lift
it up to get it on the truck" when it was shipped recently, said Robert
Nye, operations manager for Lined Valve Company Inc. More…
|
|
Email to a Friend