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Daily Herald Photograph: Spidermen erecting a Scotch Derrick in Manchester

Spencer, Roy

National Science and Media Museum

National Science and Media Museum
Bradford, United Kingdom

One photograph of spidermen working on a Scotch Derrick crane above Manchester. Caption on back reads: 'Today’s highest workers … spidermen feeding the cable through the jib-arm of a Scotch Derrick, 250 high about M/cr, on the 19th floor level of the new CIS building project in Miller St., M/cr. The derrick will enable work to be completed on the last 6 storeys up. (The jib-arm had been hoisted from ground level earlier by another crane). The arm is 120ft long and weighs 7 tons'.

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  • Title: Daily Herald Photograph: Spidermen erecting a Scotch Derrick in Manchester
  • Creator: Spencer, Roy
  • Date Created: 1961-01-18
  • Location: Manchester, Manchester urban district, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
  • Rights: © Mirrorpix
  • Maker: Daily Herald
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