Northern Ireland's biggest ever abnormal load was transported from Belfast docks at the weekend.
The huge gas turbine was transported on a 12-mile journey from Belfast Harbour West to Kilroot Power Station in the early hours of Sunday morning. And the video at the top of this article shows just how gigantic it was.
It measured 80.2 metres long by 6.45 metres in diameter - and weighed in at 529 tonnes. And the M2 and M5 had to be closed to accommodate the behemoth.
Phil Hutchinson, a senior engineering manager in cybersecurity, was among those who stayed up the see the spectacle. Shooting the video above, he described it simply as a "monster" when he shared it on Twitter.
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The Police Service of Northern Ireland, said, to the best of its knowledge, it was the longest and heaviest movement ever to use the road network in Northern Ireland. It was thought that the journey, which would normally take vehicles about 20 minutes to complete, would take several hours to get to its destination.
The transfer was completed under a full police escort. It was anticipated this will be the largest — and last — of a series of recent abnormal load movements out of the city
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