Crane Report: Byeeeee

By on June 19, 2012 in Uncategorized

Goodbye, orange metal friend. You always looked very pretty during sunset. There’s more crane removal excitement after the jump — click the images to embiggenate.

About Stephen Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth is a life-long fan of newspapers and alternative media who got his start in the student press a hundred years ago. He moved to Regina in the fall of 1998 and Prairie Dog recklessly hired him nine months later. It was a terrible mistake and the publication deeply regrets its inability to get rid of him. When Whitworth’s not adding typos to the hard work of Prairie Dog’s many terrific writers, writing hilarious (to him) headlines and finding inventive new ways to make the paper late for its bi-weekly press deadline, he enjoys reading magazines, newspapers and alternative comics, listening to music, playing board games, and drinking and eating. He has a cat and seven pet snakes.
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3 Responses to Crane Report: Byeeeee

  1. Paul Dechene June 19, 2012 at 8:31 pm #

    Wait. This is hurting my head. Is that crane removing itself? How does that work? I thought they just tipped them over when they were done and hoped for the best.

  2. John Klein June 19, 2012 at 10:45 pm #

    One of the mysteries of life Paul… how do the tallest things erect themselves when there is no taller crane to hold them?

  3. m b June 22, 2012 at 9:57 am #

    Youtube is your friend for questions like this.

    Tower cranes get raised by putting in tower segments at a time and get lowered the same way.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX-ZdPPUuhM

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