PICS: Guinness tanks move through Dublin overnight

Would you look at the size of those things.

By Sinead O'Carroll Wednesday 27 Feb 2013, 8:13 AM

Feb 27th 2013, 8:13 AM 22,700 Views 50 Comments

http://jrnl.ie/811461

GARDAÍ WARNED YESTERDAY that an “abnormal load” would travel from Dun Laoghaire Port to St James Gate between 10pm yesterday and 3am today.

The convoy featured ten giant Guinness silos, each capable of holding up to one million pints of stout.

Image: John Cunningham/Twitter

The vats arrived at the Carlisle Pier earlier this month on the vessel MV Myrte. The tanks are some 22 metres long, 6.6 metres wide and 5.4 metres high.

According to Celtic Forwarding transport group, the silos will be used in the Guinness brewery extension.

Image: Celtic Forwarding

Short URL

About the author:

About the author

Sinead O'Carroll

@SineadOCarroll

sinead@thejournal.ie

See more articles by Sinead O'Carroll

Contribute to this story:

Send a Correction

COMMENTS (50)

∞

About Us

Corrections

Report Content

Policies

TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie

Please note that TheJournal.ie uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy.

News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. Wire service provided by Associated Press.

Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites.

PICS: Guinness tanks move through Dublin overnight