Landmark Australian dock crane facing demolition.
Vertikal.net, arbiter of all things crane-related, is reporting that Australia’s federal government has proposed scrapping the landmark hammerhead crane in Sydney.
A report by the department of defence report proposes scrapping the 250 tonne crane which has been in its current location at the Garden Island Naval Base since 1951.
The crane’s removal will free up additional berths which the department says will be needed later this year. The crane, which has not been used since 1996, reportedly costs $770,000 a year to maintain and yet still poses a safety risk. A rusted chunk of steel fell from the crane in 2007.
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