Quincy Goliath Crane

Fore River Shipyard: My Tribute to the "mother" of all cranes. It has a 1200 ton capacity and is almost 350 feet high. I had the chance to check this thing out before it is dismantled. It's since been fenced in and locked up by the new Korean owners. You can hear me shivering and sniffling as it was 6 degrees out with a wind chill of -10. That steel was frickin' cold!! Enjoy.

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• Quincy
• Goliath
• Crane
• Shipyard
• Fore River

[Flamorgan]

This tiny crane is a joke surely, if you want to see a couple of real cranes and the biggest dry dock in the world have a look at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland.

[audioshot]

@Flamorgan Tiny crane??  Guess again. Samson and Goliath gantry cranes at Harland and Wolff are roughly the same height, however, they only have a lifting capacity of 850 tons. This Goliath gantry built for Quincy is rated at 1,200 tons and once lifted a 1,600 ton test load. Almost twice the rated capacity of each one of the H&W Krupp cranes.

[IRONSEAN7]

R.I.P Brother IW bobby,.. Bobby was a great kid,, i rode the bus to school with him when we were kids, we playd hockey together,, then we went to different high schools, andi didnt see him for 5 years,, then one day, my first day of ironworker apprentice school in 1999, or 2000, there he was.. Good hockey player, Good ironworker,, GREAT person..

[audioshot]

My nephew was best friends with Bobby Harvey. He was a great guy.  I did this video a couple years before his death.

[05301912]

Is it really being dismantled? I was in Quincy recently, but couldn't get close to it! Its a magnificent structure!!

[audioshot]

Yeah, the new Korean owners already built a locked fence around it with office trailers and a power unit. They won't have it dismantled until June. The main part of the yard has security gates to get inside so you can't get near it. I happen to know the operator of the yard.

[derek4780]

@IRONSEAN7 I played hockey with him at QHS. One of the nicest kids I met in High school. Funny as hell too. R.I.P. bro

[Flamorgan]

@audioshot Remember that the H&W cranes are rated in British ton which is 2240 lbs (1016 kg) and that American /Canadian ton is a lot less @ 2000lbs(907 kg), the H&W cranes have lifted over 2000 British ton together, they are physically bigger in every way and are located above the largest dry dock in the world.

[Steamaddict1603]

How the heck did you get up in Goliath? My dad worked on those commuter boats for a few years and every day that I would go to work with him, we had to drive by Goliath. My family worked in that yard for many years. My great grandfather was an iron worker for the old ships. My dad actually had lunch up there once with one of his freinds who ran the crane. Damn you Quirk!!!!

[G777GUN]

How big are the supports at 0:48? Is like a big box beam section from top to bottom?

[gruelurks]

Thanks for this video, it was really cool to see the perspectives that I could only dream about as a kid. Sad to see it has moved on.

[thatbostonchick]

Oh Goliath =\ It honestly breaks my heart thinking about how a place so historic has turned into...a glorified parking lot. Watson must be rolling in his grave a bit every time someone in Quincy buys a new Kia.  Someone had mentioned keeping Goliath in Quincy and turning him into a restaurant. I would've paid good money to have dinner with those type of views.

[corleone7rugby]

daewoo washed their money with this crane...buying a new one is cheaper than goliath...i`m working at Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries, i know what i`m talking about...f**k the koreans,and f**k the romanian politicians...they dropt us in abis,soon.....a new revolution...on its way!!!sorry for the young fellow