3 million pound-plus reactor travels through Heartland

3 million pound-plus reactor travels through Heartland

3 million pound-plus reactor travels through Heartland


ILLINOIS. (KFVS) – The Illinois Department of Transportation is helping Phillips 66 move a three million-plus pound reactor to the Wood River Refinery, in Roxana, Ill.



a train engine carrying carts down a track: The reactor was made in Italy, then journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean, through the Gulf of Mexico, then up the Mississippi River.


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The reactor was made in Italy, then journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean, through the Gulf of Mexico, then up the Mississippi River.

The reactor was made in Italy, then journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean, through the Gulf of Mexico, then up the Mississippi River.

A second reactor is headed to the refinery later in the week.

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