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A big crane

by Ian Blair January 20, 2020 No Comments

On Sunday 19th January 2020 during a walk in London I came across this crane in Fenchurch Street.

Crane seen in Fenchurch Street 19th January 2020
Crane seen in Fenchurch Street 19th January 2020

I am always a big fan of large civil engineering although it was one of those sunny days where it was bitterly cold so I didn’t hang around for too long.

Crane seen in Fenchurch Street 19th January 2020
Crane seen in Fenchurch Street 19th January 2020

I couldn’t get the whole crane from floor to the top of the jib in one shot so here is the other end.

Crane seen in Fenchurch Street 19th January 2020
Crane seen in Fenchurch Street 19th January 2020

And another picture showing some of the mechanism.

Crane seen in Fenchurch Street 19th January 2020
Crane seen in Fenchurch Street 19th January 2020

And if one crane wasn’t enough, here is a picture of the second smaller crane that was also being used on site and at this point it was getting ready to hoist a cage of things upwards.

One problem with Fenchurch Street is that during the day because of the height of almost all the buildings it is usually in shadow and not the greatest place to take pictures from.

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