Cockatoo Island - all about the cranes - 1

This week is going to be all about the cranes.
This Electric Portal Travelling Jib Crane is one of Cockatoo Island's icons, due to its size and visibility from the water. This crane was used in the refitting of submarines. Its elevated control panel and counterweighted jib are representative of the island's ship building and ship repair heritage. Rail mounted so it could travel the length of the Bolt Wharf, it had great precision and was ideal for the complex refitting of the Oberon-class submarines which were built in Britain in the 1960's. For such a large crane, the amount it lifted was quite small - around 5 tons.

[Clare Gadsby]

now i do love me a crane, especially shot and edited like this. like the narrative too :)

[Annie D]

@pistache you would love Cockatoo Island - lots of lovely old rusty cranes with so much character

[Clare Gadsby]

mmmm well i'm back in sydney the first week of may. do you happen to be around??!

[Annie D]

@pistache I should be :) do have a concert in Adelaide early May - can't remember dates off hand

[Maggiemae]

This is a high crane! We have one similar in our Children's Playground. it was originally used to build our wharf in 1907!

[Marnie]

Oh goodie, goodie gumdrops, a whole week of cranes. 7th heaven. This is an interesting crane, don't think I've ever seen one of these before.

[Annie D]

@golftragic I love goodie gumdrops 😁

[Sam]

You are a crane expert!

[Paul]

Cool looking crane. Can cranes be cool?

[Annie D]

@paul10 oh yes Paul, they can indeed be cool :)