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on the Island of Granaries. The sixth one was owned by the Lastadia shipyard. Inthe 1 9th century steel cranes like the two preserved by Szafarnia Street, appeared. In1929 the Gdansk harbour had 86 cranes with hoisting capacity ranging from 2 to100 tons. In 1914 the Schichau shipyard bought the largest hammer crane. It was 57m tall and its hoisting capacity was 250 tons. After 1945 it was dismantled and taken away to Leningrad.

Translation: Anna Kucharska

 

Danzig Report Vol. 1 - Nr. 109 - October - November - December - 2000, Page 30.