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What is a Gibbet Crane?
The term Gibbet is most commonly associated with the kind of gallows-like structure used to hang people, but thanks to their resemblance, the term is also used to describe a type of crane with a t-shaped frame.
Gibbet cranes could once be found in many goods yards, canal basins, docks, wharf-sides and merchant's yards. Their long-reaching arm design made them ideal for picking up goods from a wagon or boat before swinging to locate the goods elsewhere, whether that be another mode of transport or on a landing.
Not all Gibbet Cranes were used down on the ground, some were wall-mounted on warehouses to provide vertical travel for goods from a railway or canal up to a first or second-floor landing.
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