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The mission of this crane was to pick these loads up

Engineering Catastrophes

The mission of this cranewas to pick these loads up from the streetand then literally turn...

Engineering Catastrophes • S06E06 • 2018

The mission of this crane
was to pick these loads up from the street
and then literally turn and reach over a building and drop it more or less
at the center of the roof. The luffing jib
is this attachment to the boom that essentially
gives you extra reach. It's almost like
you're reaching
into a kitchen cabinet

Full Transcript

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The mission of this crane was to pick these loads up

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from the street and then literally turn

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and reach over a building

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and drop it more or less at the center of the roof.

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The luffing jib is this attachment to the boom

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that essentially gives you extra reach.

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It's almost like you're reaching into a kitchen cabinet.

Duration

20 seconds

Views

15

Timestamp in Movie

00:05:04

Uploaded

Oct 28, 2025

Season

6

Episode

6

Genres

Production

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Movie Summary

With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.