Maybe you really don’t know that 80 years ago, China already had cranes with a capacity of 100 tons!
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In 1935, this crane, designed by Chinese engineers and capable of lifting loads of over 100 tons, was installed at the Yangtze River dock of the Nanjing Yongli Iron and Steel Factory. It made this site the industrial dock with the largest lifting capacity in China at that time. In October, a key equipment unit for the construction of the titanium plant, the ammonia synthesis tower, was transported here from the United States. It took only one hour to lift the 100-ton device and place it safely on the ground, which shows how thoroughly Chinese engineers and technicians had planned the port facilities and lifting operations at that time. Photo provided by Nanjing Archives
I really don’t know. So amazing.
The Nanjing Yongli Tin Factory of 1937 evolved into today’s Nanjing Chemical Industry Corporation. “The industrial shipping terminal of Nanhua Company, located by the Yangtze River, was built back then by Fan Xudong and his engineering team. The bagged fertilizers piled up at this terminal are shipped from here to various places across the country where they are needed. Photography by Chen Chunyu; this dock is still in use today
Back then, there were no chassis of such size; this was a jib crane used for unloading ships, and it was already quite remarkable at that time. According to records, such devices were still being used for unloading ships in the 1970s. I wonder how the chemical industry workers back then managed to transport the equipment to the factory
In 1935, this crane, designed by Chinese engineers and capable of lifting loads of over 100 tons, was installed at the Yangtze River dock of the Nanjing Yongli Iron and Steel Factory. It made this site the industrial dock with the largest lifting capacity in China at that time. In October, a key equipment unit for the construction of the titanium plant, the ammonia synthesis tower, was transported here from the United States. It took only one hour to lift the 100-ton device and place it safely on the ground, which shows how thoroughly Chinese engineers and technicians had planned the port facilities and lifting operations at that time.
In 1935, this crane, designed by Chinese engineers and capable of lifting loads of over 100 tons, was installed at the Yangtze River dock of the Nanjing Yongli Iron and Steel Factory. It made this site the industrial dock with the largest lifting capacity in China at that time. In October, a key equipment unit for the construction of the titanium plant, the ammonia synthesis tower, was transported here from the United States. It took only one hour to lift the 100-ton device and place it safely on the ground, which shows how thoroughly Chinese engineers and technicians had planned the port facilities and lifting operations at that time.
It seems our technology is pretty good too.