1890 Dry Dock Travelling Steam Crane 2 walk through while running at Cockatoo Island

[@markbowles2382]

Boy the sound of the rigging really takes me back to my shipyard days - we had 2 old navy docks and of course no steam in the wing wall cranes - it was electric, dragging a 440 cable, but the house with the old windows was pretty much the same, and the sound as it moved - about the only toot we heard in my day was the tugs talking to each other, or the big blast to signal the shifts - seems like yesterday, but that was over 40 years ago... the yard all gone now - peir one is a sweet development though with 3 story living and swank houses for those who can afford it, quite beautiful and well thought out of course, that is until hurricane comes to town, thanks for posting the little toot toot crane, it looks well maintained and ready to work, as it was built to last a long time, I really enjoyed it.

[@trainsimulatordriver]

I had no idea those cranes still worked. Cool.

[@deanmccartney5021]

And I thought my first seat a 1953 Bay City with a D315 Cat with a pony motor was old time. Thats awesome.

[@sailingkarma6772]

I get it, it’s fantastic, but why does it need a whistle?

[@piratefleetau]

Sound off to let everyone know it's moving. Safety first

[@tandemcompound2]

who built it Cowans? Sloethert

[@piratefleetau]

Priestman, Hull

[@tonydeleo3642]

How do they get water up to the boiler?

[@ricksadler797]

Water hose, probably

[@piratefleetau]

They have a connection (hose) to mains water when the crane is running