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Crane from the Cartagena Dockyard

Unknown1851

Naval Museum

Naval Museum
Madrid, Spain

Cranes were used on dockyards during the 18th and 19th centuries for raising and lowering the masts and yards of ships' rigging, as well as for lifting heavy weights.

This model of a crane belonged to the Cartagena dockyard which, together with the dockyards in La Carraca (Cádiz) and Ferrol, was a key site for building and maintaining the new 18th-century fleet.

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  • Title: Crane from the Cartagena Dockyard
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date: 1851
  • Type: Model
  • Original Source: Museo Naval. Madrid
  • Rights: Museo Naval. Madrid. All rigths reserved.
  • Medium: Wood, rope, metal and paint
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