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A gin pole in use loading logs A gin pole used to install a weather vane atop the 200-foot steeple of a church Roof trusses being assembled with gin poles. A gin pole is a mast supported by one or more guy-wires that uses a pulley or block and tackle mounted on its upper end to lift loads. The lower end is braced or set in a shallow hole and ...
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower , and a boom hinged at its base to provide articulation, as in a stiffleg derrick.
The SS William G. Mather (Official Number 224850) is a retired Great Lakes bulk freighter now restored as a museum ship in Cleveland, Ohio, one of five in the Great Lakes region. She transported cargo such as ore, coal, stone, and grain to ports throughout the Great Lakes, and was nicknamed "The Ship That Built Cleveland" because Cleveland's ...
Mather was born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Trinity College for his undergraduate and MA degrees. Mather headed the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company for 50 years from 1890 through 1940. During his tenure he consolidated several mining operations and diversified into iron-ore industries and steel operations.
Partial destruction of a guyed mast under construction Augusta, Michigan: November 30, 1953: Guyed steel tube mast Aircraft collision Former Michigan Governor Kim Sigler, who was piloting the plane, and three passengers were killed. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: March 11, 1955: Steel lattice mast Windstorm WENS television. The lower part of the ...
The Landmark Office Towers is a complex of three historically renovated 1930-completed 259 foot 22 story high-rises that are located on the property of Tower City Center in Downtown Cleveland's Public Square district. [1]
H.G. Cleveland: August 1899 A three-mast schooner carrying stone that sprung a leak and sunk four miles (6.4 km) off of Lorain. Rescued by City of Detroit and the tugboat Thomas Matham, everyone survived. Hickory Stick: 29 November 1958 The derrick barge broke apart and sank in a storm.
The Bingham Company Warehouse is a historic warehouse located in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. It was designed by the noted local firm of Walker and Weeks for the W. Bingham Company , and is one of the architectural firm's few utilitarian commercial buildings.