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Scientific American, Vol. 73, No. 5 (August 1895) (1895)

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ing capacity. This derrick covers a cir- boom, 25 inches diameter at base and 21 inches at top ; cle 160 feet in diameter, and can raise or place 100 tons below their already extensive workings, from which mast socket, 30 !4 inches diameter by 26 inches deep; straight lift at any point within this… … The boom fall runs back from the cap- house stood. stan to a snatch block at the side of the Thus has the improvement society THE NEW CRANE, AVONDALE QUARRY. quarry, thence over the capstan house to made a drive about the beautiful old the top of the mast, through center of town a means of…

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