World Trade Center Steel Beams to Arrive in Prince William County Thursday

Prince William County will officially take possession of a set of steel beams from the wreckage of the World Trade Center on Thursday.

The Board of County Supervisors requested the beams as a tribute to the county residents who died in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

The four steel beams weigh a combined 59,768 pounds. The county will hold a design competition to determine how to display the beams.

The county has been in the process of acquiring the beams for about a year. Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart, Dumfries District Supervisor Maureen Caddigan, Gainesville District Supervisor John Stirrup, County Executive Melissa Peacor, Historic Preservation Division Chief Brendon Hanafin and Assistant Fire Chief Hadden Culp traveled to New York and the New Jersey Port Authority in May to select the beams. 

The county will hold a brief ceremony at the Sean T. Connaughton Plaza at the County Complex on Thursday at 9 a.m. to recognize the arrival of the beams, which will then be taken to the Public Training Center in Nokesville.