GIANT IN MANCHESTER
A nerr gfont hu taken wp residence in Manchester. It is an electrically-operated float in g crane, the only one of ita kind in the world, capable of lifting 250 tons. It » mainly for use in handling the biggest of the canal lock gates. For salvage operations it can raise tremendous weights; and every day it will pick up and swing over 120 tona while dealing with the general traffic on the canal. Built in Rotterdam and towed to the Port of Manchester in eight days, thi» monster crane is provided with two auxiliary pontoons to increase it* stability when raising very heavy loads. In the control room two wheels and a lever give the man in charge complete command of every operation.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 66, 19 March 1938, Page 3 (Supplement)
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