45 ton breakdown crane at Sheffield Park, 1991
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45 ton breakdown crane at Sheffield Park, 1991
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: Unknown
I think this was just a demonstration or test, it wasn't going anywhere fast: the chain around the pit is looped around the buffer of the match wagon. This was originally an LNER crane, delivered by Ransomes and Rapier in 1943.
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Image Location
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50.993949
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-0.000172