Remains of a crane, St Michael's Street, Shrewsbury
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Remains of a crane, St Michael's Street, Shrewsbury
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 3 Dec 2022
This is the manual winding mechanism of a crane that would once have had a wooden jib. I do not have any further history for this.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.715628
Longitude
-2.747382