Daily Herald Photograph: Spidermen erecting a Scotch Derrick in Manchester

Daily Herald Photograph: Spidermen erecting a Scotch Derrick in Daily Herald Photograph: Spidermen erecting a Scotch Derrick in

Daily Herald Photograph: Spidermen erecting a Scotch Derrick in
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© Mirrorpix/SMG Images

Daily Herald Photograph: Spidermen erecting a Scotch Derrick in
Science Museum Group
© Mirrorpix/SMG Images

One photograph of spidermen working on a Scotch Derrick crane above Manchester. Caption on back reads: 'Today’s highest workers … spidermen feeding the cable through the jib-arm of a Scotch Derrick, 250 high about M/cr, on the 19th floor level of the new CIS building project in Miller St., M/cr. The derrick will enable work to be completed on the last 6 storeys up. (The jib-arm had been hoisted from ground level earlier by another crane). The arm is 120ft long and weighs 7 tons'.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/46972
Materials:
paper
type:
photographic print