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    Arrow Swan Hunters, The Last Cranes Standing -May 10 - ARCHIVE

    I was NOT going to let these two get away, especially with their impending demolition....
    Yesterday, i got my chance and i sure as hell wasn't about to waste it.













    the rest are, of course on my flickr.
    MORE than epic, i'm still feeling the burn!

    I was talking to one of the demo guys, and as of today these things are pretty much sitting on their own weight
    Support beams have been cut right through so if you WANT to attempt it, try and lean into the drop zone?


    A total shame that these are going, the last of Swan Hunters... but climbing up you can see they are in pretty bad nick. It would take an awful lot to get them back into commission again. Shame, but what's a shipbuilding crane with no ships to build?

    Sad, very sad.
    Last edited by Mexico75; 05-06-2010 at 06:23 PM.
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    Craniac! Good photos though, and nice to see daylight as opposed to nighttime shots of a jib. Are they planning to topple them?

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    yes wolfism, they are set to be dropped on the 4th.

    The mounds of earth on the ground are there to protect the surface as the council now own the land, but not the cranes.
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    Smile Re: The Last Cranes Standing.

    Well done taking the chance to get some photies while they're still standing. Are you planning to catch the demo too?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sqwasher View Post
    Well done taking the chance to get some photies while they're still standing. Are you planning to catch the demo too?
    Yeah i think so, just trying to figure out where would be best... all the roads are going to be closed off around the site, its looking like the far side of the river at the moment.
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    Well done Mudlark, not surprised you're still buzzzin.
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    Immensely well done, chick. I'd've had serious disco knees by less than a third of the way up!
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    Quote Originally Posted by doozer View Post
    Immensely well done, chick. I'd've had serious disco knees by less than a third of the way up!
    Thank you doozer!

    The very worst ladder was the one that connects the jib to the main support... that little gem hangs RIGHT OVER the side of the crane, so really you are only clinging to the outside.... THAT took a weeeee bit of persuading to do (only because i looked DOWN when i promised myself i wouldn't!)

    The disco knees came afterwards. For two days......
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    Excelent stuff here. gotta love them cranes
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    Default Re: Swan Hunters, The Last Cranes Standing -May 10

    just for you, Mex....






    Makes it all worthwhile when you see this...........









    A really really sad thing to see, 90 years these have stood here, and 20 seconds is all it took to bring them down. It is the end of a long, painful death for Swan Hunters, i just hope that the plans for the land come off and maritime industry never leaves the Tyne.

    fingers crossed, eh?
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