This thing is straight outta Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, but it’s the biggest red-white-and-blue whatever that you’ll ever see:
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These days it’s just hanging out in the East Bay, looking for work, as many others are.
When will it be moved, when will it get used again?
Nobody knows…
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Very interesting! I knew the bridge steel was all made in China, but I assumed the crane was made here. I also assumed it was a petroleum rig crane hauled up from the gulf, but in fact it’s custom-made specifically for this project (which is insane).
Some googling turns up interesting info: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=6839351
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/03/pssst_buddy_you_wanna_buy_a_gi.php
http://www.fluor.com/projects/Pages/ProjectInfoPage.aspx?PrjID=2
Yeah, I don’t think it’d be easy to hire a crew to build that rig here on the west coast…
Such a big project…
the barge the crane was built on was built right on the west coast in Portland OR. by US Barge then towed to China for the crane to be installed. I handled every block of it.