Video: Traffic Diversion As Transformer Replaced

A portion of Park Road was blocked to traffic this morning [July 27] as BELCO go about replacing the transformer that exploded on Thursday causing power outages in the city of Hamilton.

The damaged transformer was removed by crane and loaded onto the back of a trailer. The truck proceeded cautiously towards BELCO with workmen having to lift low hanging wires with poles. The replacement transformer was trucked to the Park Road location where the waiting crane placed it in the structure.

As of this writing the road is still blocked to vehicular traffic as BELCO continues the process of installation. Yesterday BELCO confirmed that the power outage in Hamilton was caused by a transformer explosion inside BELCO’s Park Road Substation at 3.18pm. As Park Road is one of four transformers feeding the City of Hamilton, approximately 25% of the City lost power at that time.

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