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Crowds left waiting two hours for huge new power transformer - after it struggled with a hill.

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For the latest Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here A crowd of people who turned out to watch an electricity transformer the size of a bungalow being delivered to a substation in Rochdale were left waiting two hours for it to show up - after the vehicle carrying it got stuck on a hill.

The 183-tonne piece of equipment left Salford Quays at around 6.30am this morning, June 13, heading towards the M60, and was due to arrive at the National Grid substation on Clay Lane, Rochdale, by 9.30am.

Travelling at around 12 miles per hour, the journey was set to take three hours - with the massive transformer heading to the M60 before travelling along the M66 to the A58.

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