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Weeks 533 is a 500-short-ton (454 t) capacity Clyde Iron Works model 52 barge-mounted crane which is the largest revolving floating crane on the East Coast of the United States. [1] It was originally ordered for bridge construction and has since been used in several notable heavy lifts.
Weeks 533, a large 500-short-ton (454 t) rotating barge-crane has been used for several notable heavy lifts, including moving the Concorde and Enterprise onto the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum and lifting the downed hull of US Airways Flight 1549 from the Hudson River. [3] [4] On January 3, 2023, Weeks Marine was acquired by Kiewit ...
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NYPD urges people to avoid area. Wednesday 26 July 2023 14:30, Rachel Sharp. The NYPD has urged the general public to avoid the area around the crane collapse. “ADVISORY: Due to a crane collapse ...
Not the first crane accident for city, or equipment owner. 08:45, AP. The crane is owned by the New York Crane & Equipment Corp., one of the city’s most widely used crane providers, officials said.
The U.S. Navy hired heavy-lift cranes to remove submerged wreckage, including the Weeks 533 and the Donjon Marine Co.'s Chesapeake 1000. The latter, dubbed the "largest crane ship on the East Coast", [158] [210] can lift 1,000 short tons (890 long tons; 910 t). [211] The designated salvor is Resolve Marine. [86]
The crane was operating 45 stories up when its engine compartment caught fire at around 7:25 a.m., authorities said. Pedestrians scatter as fire causes New York construction crane's arm to ...