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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.
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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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The shear-leg crane on Left Coast Lifter has a 328-foot (100 m) long boom, weighing 992 short tons (900 t) with a 1,873-short-ton (1,699 t) lift capacity. [4] It is the largest barge crane ever used on the U.S. West Coast.
In 1904, Crane Hill Jr. High School was built and is now the Masonic Lodge, which was relocated to its present site in 1934. That same year the school it was replaced by a brick structure and was known as Crane Hill School. In 1938, the school was destroyed by fire that was reported to have been started by an electrical problem.
The crane barge was built by Kelso Marine in Galveston, Texas [6] [7] for Sun Shipbuilding in 1972 at a cost of nearly $5 million. [2] [8] At the time, it was the largest crane ship in the world. [8] The crane was initially able to lift 800 short tons (710 long tons; 730 t), and so was named Sun 800. [9]