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BLP generators headed toward home

MARQUETTE, MI--   Three huge electricity generators are slowly making their way from Presque Isle to their new home at the Marquette Energy Center.

Made in Finland, the 17-watt generators arrived at the Upper Harbor by barge this week.  Officials have been working to unload the massive engines and get them on trailers so they can slowly make their way the 2.4 miles to the Board of Light and Power on Wright Street. 

The first engine will be moved on Wright Street starting at 10 p.m. Friday and lasting until 6 a.m. Saturday.  The second and third engines will be transported starting at 10 p.m. Saturday through 6 a.m. Sunday.

Lakeshore Boulevard will remain closed through Monday to accommodate the activity. 

The $65 million center is expected to be up and running this spring.  A 30 percent increase on consumer bills will pay for the project.  

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.
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