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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.
The shipyard traces its beginnings back to 1882, when Thomas A. Watson purchased a farm alongside the Fore River in East Braintree, Massachusetts.In 1884, Watson attempted to farm the land, but soon realizing that it was a failure, decided to work on a steam engine after he was approached by a local businessman.
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 ...
There are a number of shipyard cranes called Goliath around the world: Goliath (Mangalia), in Romania; Samson and Goliath (cranes) in Northern Ireland; Goliath (Rosyth) in Scotland; Two Goliath cranes, Reliance Shipyard, Pipavav, India; Two Goliath cranes in Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland
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 ...
The request for information is related to the Navy's Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP), a once-in-a-century plan to upgrade its four aging public shipyards in Puget Sound ...
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.
Then in 1997 Clydeport leased the Inchgreen Drydock to UiE Scotland for ship refitting [3] and the Arrol 'Goliath' Gantry Crane was demolished. [ 4 ] Final traces of the Kingston and Glen / East shipyards were all but removed in 2005 and 2006, with only the red main gate of the Glen Yard surviving in late 2015.