Delays and uncertainty dog Intel’s dream of Rust belt manufacturing hub

The company is hanging on by a thread amid rumors it may be broken up and sold - an instability keenly felt in Ohio

When moving massive metal structures from the Ohio river to its Ohio One Campus semiconductor plant 140 miles to the north, Intel took every minute detail into account.

Local school bus timetables were found and worked around. Teams of linemen in white crane trucks lined up to move traffic lights out of the way of the cargo, which measured up to three-quarters the length of a football field.