Found this tired old Northwest cable crane on the side of a nearby logging road while out for a walk. By the size of the cedar trees growing in it's tracks I'd estimate that it hasn't moved in a few years. Interestingly enough a closer inspection into the inner workings of the crane leave me with the impression that it would take very little to get this old timer up and running. This would make one heck of a lawn ornament, paper weight or boat anchor! LOL
Good find! This old relic would have some tales to tell!
ReplyDeleteSuprised it has not been stripped out. From the looks of where it is parked it was probably up and operating just a few years back. Now it reminds me of a tombstone for the manufacturing giants that were once thriving in Green Bay and Chicago along the shores of Lake Michigan!
Thanks for documenting this cable crane. Great photo record!
i can't believe no one's taken it just for scrap metal!
ReplyDeleteLokks like a weekend fixer-upper. LOL
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tex on this one, the scrap metal alone would pay for a trip to Hawaii! :~)
I think the only reason it's still intact is that it is behind a locked gate.
DeleteAlways looking for a way to get back to Hawaii! Funny I find myself doing the same thing... LOL
Well, yea!! I'm either making money to go to Hawaii or to buy camera equipment to take with me when I go!
DeleteI may have to pay an extra luggage fee this time! LOL
Nice find! I can help you taking this apart for scrap metal. How about 80% $$ for me, and 20% for you. LOL.
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