The man was shouting orders at the controller of the bridge crane high above, the team standing on the scaffolding at the hull where the next Vortex missile tube was about to be lifted and set.
An overhead crane, commonly called a bridge crane, is a type of crane found in industrial environments.
In many instances the cost of a bridge crane can be largely offset with savings from not renting mobile cranes in the construction of a facility that uses a lot of heavy process equipment.
There, Ms. Kobrin found an industrial relic: a bridge crane, two I-beams with a wheeled device to transport machinery across the loft.
The historic designation has meant that most of the original elements of 10 Storehouse Row - including a bridge crane in a high bay - have been preserved.
An overhead crane, also known as a bridge crane, is a type of crane where the hook-and-line mechanism runs along a horizontal beam that itself runs along two widely separated rails.
A bridge crane used to service the generators remains intact.
A bridge crane swung across the setting sun.
The world's largest bridge crane, capable of lifting the dome of the reactor containment building was purchased for $17 million and installed across the basin.
The EOT gantry crane functions similarly to an overhead bridge crane, but has rails installed on the ground and gantry-style legs to support the crane.
