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The Wheel Crane

GunnieSacked

GunnieSacked

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Before Steam and Iron this was the first Heavy Lift Crane with advantages over crank and capstan style cranes.
The Wheel Crane was powered by either man or draft animals.

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Crane history The lifting mechanism is a wheel set.

“The stepping wheel was first mentioned in chronicles in 230 BC. Until the second half of the 19th century, it remained the important element of cranes. Such a wheel usually had a diameter of 4 to 5 meters, and had a mechanical advantage over a winch or capstan because of the larger radius of...
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