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J3575 : Samson or Goliath?

taken 14 years ago, near to Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

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Samson or Goliath?

Gantry crane 'Goliath' at the Harland and Wolff building dock in Belfast.
The crane is, I think, in the process of lifting an enormous steel construction which is part an offshore transformer platform destined for an offshore windfarm off north-eastern Germany.
One of two gantry cranes over the H&W building dock, it was constructed for the yard in 1969 by the German engineering firm Krupp. The crane stands 96m tall, has a span of 140m and can lift loads of up to 840 tonnes to a height of 70m. Although designed for the purposes of shipbuilding, H&W are no longer involved in this industry and are now concentrating on offshore renewable energies contracts as well as ship repair and servicing.See Link

for further images of both 'Goliath' and the other gantry crane 'Samson'.

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Grid Square: J3575, 1026 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Rossographer (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Wednesday, 22 July, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 24 July, 2009
Category: Vehicles > Cranes (more nearby)
Subject Location: Irish: J 356 752 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:36.4303N 5:54.1213W
Camera Location: Irish: J 354 755
View Direction: South-southeast (about 157 degrees)