The Muon g-2 electromagnet in its old home at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where it lived from 2001 until June 2013. Workers from Emmert International affixed a red steel apparatus to the ring that kept it as flat as possible during transport.
The truck used to transport the 50-foot-wide Muon g-2 ring had 16 independently controlled axles, and hydraulics to shift the load if necessary. This shot was taken as the ring moved across the Brookhaven site on June 22.
Workers used a massive crane to move the Muon g-2 electromagnet from the trailer of a specially adapted truck to a waiting barge at the Smith Point Marina on Long Island on June 24.
Emmert International employees affixed the Muon g-2 ring—which weighs 50 tons with the steel apparatus in place—to the barge that would take it to Illinois. This picture was taken at the Smith Point Marina on Long Island on June 24.
The tugboat Miss Katie pushed the Muon g-2 ring up the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway north of Mobile, Alabama, in mid-July.
The 50-foot-wide Muon g-2 electromagnet was slowly driven through Lemont, Illinois, on July 23 while local residents watched. The truck moved no faster than 10 miles an hour during the trip.
In their pajamas and safety vests, Maeve, Mary Kate and Kevin Pinkelman of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, cheered on the Muon g-2 ring.
With Emmert International employees and Muon g-2 scientists walking alongside it, the giant electromagnet made its way across the Fermilab site.
A crowd of thousands gathered outside Fermilab’s Wilson Hall on July 26 to welcome the Muon g-2 ring.
After the crowds dispersed, storm clouds gathered over Fermilab, where the Muon g-2 ring came to rest after completing its 3200-mile land and sea journey on July 26.