HAN-TEK, Inc., has been awarded a contract by the New York Power Authority to modernise two 275-ton gantry cranes at the Long Sault Control Dam in Massena, part of the St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project.
The Long Sault Dam is used to control St. Lawrence water levels for the Moses-Saunders Power Dam, four miles downstream, on the rare occasions when the outflow of Lake Ontario exceeds the capacity of the Moses-Saunders turbine/generator units.
The contract, valued at more than $2.5 million, is the largest contract ever for the company. The contract calls for HAN-TEK to design, engineer, manufacture and install electrical and mechanical upgrades to the 50-year-old cranes that operate a series of gates on the Long Sault, a 2,960ft curving dam.
