World’s largest crane hoists 575-TON steel cylinder into place at Hinkley Point

The world’s largest crane completed its biggest ever lift today, hoisting a 575 ton steel cylinder into place at Hinkley Point.  The super-crane, called the SGC-250 but nicknamed Big Carl, lifted the first of three massive steel rings which form a cylinder around the nuclear reactor being built near Bridgwater, Somerset. The crane stands at 656ft … Read more