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Old 11-06-14, 05:12 PM   #2881
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a building crane?
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What is this and what is it called?

"What is this..." An art installation.

"..and what is it called?" Eyesore.
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Old 11-07-14, 03:18 AM   #2883
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Is it in Britain?
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Old 11-07-14, 07:04 AM   #2884
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a building crane?
Very very close.
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Old 11-07-14, 07:04 AM   #2885
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Is it in Britain?
Sure is.
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Old 11-07-14, 08:43 AM   #2886
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Very very close.

mmmm, very close, so what's very close to a crane, but isn't a crane
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Old 11-07-14, 09:29 AM   #2887
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mmmm, very close, so what's very close to a crane, but isn't a crane
That thing in the picture I posted
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Old 11-07-14, 10:03 AM   #2888
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Is it the Laxey Wheel?

Is it a North Sea oil rig?
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A gantry crane?
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Old 11-07-14, 11:13 AM   #2890
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I think it's a derrick
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Old 11-07-14, 12:29 PM   #2891
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Framework for restoration of Battersea Power Station ?



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Old 11-07-14, 10:05 PM   #2892
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Maybe not the framework, but cranes that sit in the River Thames to unload coal into hoppers over the conveyors that fed Battersea Power Station.
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Old 11-08-14, 06:18 AM   #2893
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Is it the Laxey Wheel?

Is it a North Sea oil rig?
I'd normally only answer the one, first guess but no to both.
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Framework for restoration of Battersea Power Station ?



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A gantry crane?
None of the above.

Nothing too serious regarding the Cutty Sark either...a minor fire.

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Maybe not the framework, but cranes that sit in the River Thames to unload coal into hoppers over the conveyors that fed Battersea Power Station.
Still the closest and there is a connection with coal.
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