Double the Life of an A/C Unit?
“The first Island of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Tunnel sees some of the harshest weather on the bay.”
“Out here, it’s like being in the middle of the
ocean.” “Bronz-Glow has helped us double the life
of our mechanical equipment in this corrosive environment”
stated Dick Denniston, Maintenance Superintendent for the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.
Bronz-Glow was first introduced to Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Tunnel Personnel by Mr. Roger Shull with Damuth Trane Services
more than 12 years ago. Mr. Phil Damuth is now the Damuth
Trane point of contact. Damuth Trane Services has been a Bronz-Glow
Representative since 1993.
Construction on the Bay Bridge tunnel began on September 7th,
1960. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel opened to traffic on
April 15th, 1964 and it is often called an engineering wonder
of the modern world.
One of the "Seven Engineering Wonders of the World,"
the bridge connects Delmarva with Virginia Beach. The bridge
is 17.6 miles long in water up to 100 feet deep and the bridge
goes underwater into tunnels twice. It cost $450,000,000 to
build. The man-made islands that serve as entrances and exits
to the tunnels are made up of 34,000 carloads of rocks, some
of which weigh as much as 64,000 pounds. Each contains 3,000,000,000
pounds of sand and 600,000,000 pounds of rock. They cost $625,000
per acre, some of the most expensive real-estate on Earth.
Another Bronz-Glow
Success Story
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