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steam crane

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  1. A once common but now obsolete type of crane powered by a steam engine, with the steam…

    A once common but now obsolete type of crane powered by a steam engine, with the steam usually supplied from a vertical boiler.

    • Work commenced at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday and continued without break until 4 a.m. on Monday morning, in the course of which three shifts of upwards of 90 men each and three steam cranes were employed.

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