Big Blue (crane)
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The Big Blue was a Lampson Transi heavylift crane.
[edit] Big Blue Profile
- Started at Miller Park: Oct. 2, 1998
- Height: 567 feet
- Weight: 2,100 tons
- Lifting Capacity: 1,500 tons
- Counterweights: 1,150 tons
- Cables: 30,000 feet
- Operators: Four
- Cost to Build: $10 million
- Assembly Time: Six weeks
- Average weight of each roof section: 450 tons
[edit] The accident
On July 14, 1999 occurred one of the most serious accidents with a heavylift crane. A Lampson Transi lift, completely painted in blue, (called "Big Blue" by the staff), collapsed during the construction of the baseball stadium. "Miller Park" in Milwaukee, USA, with a load of 400 tons on the hook. Three people were killed.
