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Goliath Crane Extensive photos and information regarding the history and demolition the crane. Goliath Video YouTube amateur video of the Goliath crane and surroundings, including views inside the structure and panoramic views of the former shipyard, Quincy Bay, Weymouth Fore River and Quincy from atop the crane. Posted on YouTube 24 February 2008.
Fore River Shipyard was a shipyard owned by General Dynamics Corporation located on Weymouth Fore River in Braintree and Quincy, Massachusetts. It began operations in 1883 in Braintree, and moved to its final location on Quincy Point in 1901.
In January, 2008, The Patriot Ledger newspaper reported that the 328-foot (100 m) tall "Goliath" shipbuilding crane located at the Fore River Shipyard - once the tallest maritime construction crane in the world, and for decades a landmark visible for miles - would be dismantled and sold to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea ...
1.2 Quincy Point Yard. 1.2.1 Yard number 107-206. 2 Significant ships. ... Fore River Shipyard built 19 of the 31 "Holland type" United States S-class submarines.
There are a number of shipyard cranes called Goliath around the world: Goliath (Mangalia), in Romania; Samson and Goliath (cranes) in Northern Ireland;
General Dynamics closed the shipyard in 1986. Robert Harvey, 28, an ironworker, was killed in 2008 when a portion of the huge Goliath crane being disassembled at the former shipyard broke loose ...
Supporting the nation's fleet for more than a century, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard was originally established in 1891. More: New multi-mission dry dock at shipyard could start in three years ...
In 2008 the shipyard bought the largest gantry crane in North America, the Goliath Crane, formerly located in Quincy, Massachusetts, from the General Dynamics company. [10] Built in 1975, the crane, nicknamed Goliath , Big Blue , The Dog or Horse , has a height of 100 m (330 ft), a span of 126 m (413 ft), a weight of 3,000 t (6,600,000 lb) and ...