Building Site Tower Crane

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Built: 2011 A model of one of the ubiquitous cranes disfiguring the skyline of every city in the World.

 

Based on Philip Webb's Model Plan 192, this Liebherr tower crane runs automatically, going through a sequence of hoisting, luffing and slewing controlled by the electro-mechanical sequence controller from my Hydraulic Lift.  The boom slews through 360°.  A flashing light on the top of the tower draws the eye upwards.

 

The 6' 6" long boom is mounted on a tower which can be varied in height from 5' to over 7' to suit the venue.  All three electric motors are mounted in the boom, as on the prototype.

 

I build this in order not to be the only Meccanoman in the World never to have built a crane.

 

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