J3575 : The most famous cranes in Belfast
near to Ballymacarret, Queens Island, Sydenham, Belfast County Borough and Shankill, Ireland

The most famous cranes in Belfast
Twin gantry cranes situated over the Harland and Wolff Building Dock at Queen's Island, Belfast, nicknamed 'Samson' and 'Goliath' (nearest). The cranes were constructed by the German engineering firm Krupp, with Goliath being completed in 1969 and Samson in 1974. Goliath stands 96m tall, while Samson is taller at 106m. The cranes are towering over an enormous steel construction, part an offshore transformer platform destined for an offshore windfarm off north-eastern Germany, that has just been built in the yard.
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For the record, the view here is from the Musgrave Channel Road. Normally closed to the public, this has temporarily opened as traffic through Queen's Island has been diverted due to the filming of multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbuster 'Your Highness' Link
inside the old Paint Hall J3575 : Paint Hall, Belfast docks.
For a variety of related images see Link
For the record, the view here is from the Musgrave Channel Road. Normally closed to the public, this has temporarily opened as traffic through Queen's Island has been diverted due to the filming of multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbuster 'Your Highness' Link
year taken
2009
- Grid Square
- J3575, 277 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Ross (find more nearby)
- Image classification?
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 12 August, 2009 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 21 August, 2009
- Category
- Vehicles > cranes (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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Irish:
J 356 753 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:36.4677N 5:54.1008W - Photographer Location
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Irish:
J 355 752 - View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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