ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two massive tanks were seen rolling through Rochester and Greece on flatbeds in the middle of the night, escorted by state police.
The video we got that thousands of you have watched started right at Ridgeway Avenue and Aster Street, Berkeley Brean said.
Rumbled down Ridgeway
The tanks rumbled down Ridgeway while most people were asleep, and the equipment inside the boxes will purify gases produced by a company expanding inside Eastman Business Park. The equipment will be installed in a lot between Mount Read and I-390, and the company, Air Water Gas Solutions, said before this equipment, it delivered tanks to hold liquid nitrogen, oxygen and argon produced in the park. The gas will supply businesses in the park.
“Oh my God!” Diane Wilson of Ridgeway Avenue said when we showed her the video. “What the hell? What were they trying to do?”
When the convoy got to Ridgeway and Mt. Read, our video showed the boxes were so tall, they had to use a crane to lift the street light wires up so they could get underneath, Brean said.
“I’ve never seen nothing that wide or that length. Never,” Wilson said.
What the company says
The convoy ended its journey by turning onto Latona Road and eventually into Eastman Business Park. The company said this is part of a multi-million dollar expansion of its gas business in Rochester.
“This project represents an important milestone in Air Water’s continued growth in the U.S. market and reinforces our long-term commitment to supporting industrial operations and economic development in the Rochester region,” a spokesperson for Air Water Gas Solutions said.
Earlier this week, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Office announced Phoenix Tailings, a Massachusetts-based company, has picked Eastman Business Park to build a $375 million commercial scale rare-earth mining facility. The 500,000-square-foot facility will process rare earth materials used in electric vehicles, electronics and defense equipment, and when fully operational, Hochul’s Office said the facility is expected to separate about 18,000 tons of rare earth material each year.
The expansion at Eastman Business Park marks a significant investment in Rochester’s industrial and economic future.
