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ES The cranes belong to H&W but are considered as listed monuments by the Department of Culture and Leisure which means they cannot be disposed off without government approval.
the maintenance cost as at 2018 is £230,000 per crane and each crane is repainted in alternate years, Samson one year Goliath the next but whether the DCAl can fund this remains a question to be answered. Two of the old steam driven cranes are rebuilt and preserved at the Folk and Transport Museum and will be on display sometime next year, or so I am told. The giant floating crane was sold about 12 years ago and was subsequently scrapped.
Hope that info is useful.
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