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NYC tower crane

Knocker of rock · 2023-07-26 10:17

On fire right now https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/07/25/russian-fighter-jets-syria-esper-intv-tsr-vpx.cnn

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  1. #1emmett5182023-07-26 11:40

    What do you think caught fire?

  2. #2Knocker of rock2023-07-26 12:05

    Oops, sorry for the bad link NYC crane collapses on building and into street after catching on fire | CNN Six people, including four civilians and two firefighters, suffered minor injuries in a crane collapse Wednesday morning in Manhattan. amp.cnn.com

  3. #3Knocker of rock2023-07-26 12:06

    There’s electric motors, gear boxes, hydraulics and switch gear up there.

  4. #4skyking12023-07-26 12:27

    there is also a fire extinguisher or 3 and a master power shut off. Somebody done messed up. The big crane power is on a switch on the base.

  5. #5Truck Shop2023-07-26 15:21

    That didn't take long.

  6. #6Buckethead2023-07-29 09:53

    It's a Favco, It's diesel not electric.

  7. #7skyking12023-07-29 10:03

    I had not seen a tower like that in Seattle. There are quite a few luffers along I-5 right now. Now that the city is built up the regular towers don't fit everywhere anymore.

  8. #8Nige2023-07-29 10:26

    Luffers currently outnumber “conventional” tower cranes by about 10:1 in UK urban construction sites from what I can see.

  9. #9skyking12023-07-29 10:54

    It was the exact opposite for the last 10 or 15 years in Seattle, but now it's swapping around the other way.