Tyne and Wear HER(9291): Wallsend, giant crane at former N.E.M Works

Tyne and Wear HER(9291): Wallsend, giant crane at former N.E.M Works Unknown license check permission to reuse

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"Giant cantilever crane, 1909, by Arrol and Stothert & Pitt for North Eastern Marine Engineering Company (HER 5017). Rivetted steel sections. A fixed crane tower, 125 ft high and forty square supports on balanced horizontal jib, 245 ft total length. The jib swings through 360 degrees and has a trolley with the lifting gear moving along the 150ft working section. Designed to lift loads of up to 150 tons with great precision for ship construction/repair....."
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Link: http://twsitelines.info/SMR/9291
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Added by: Peter Smith
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