{"id":8119,"date":"2016-11-01T14:14:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T14:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=8119"},"modified":"2016-11-01T14:14:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T14:14:03","slug":"memories-when-a-200-ton-crane-made-an-escalator-fly-in-glasgow-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/memories-when-a-200-ton-crane-made-an-escalator-fly-in-glasgow-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories: when a 200 ton crane made an escalator fly in Glasgow, Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This startling sight shows one of the largest cranes in Britain at the time, all 200 tons of it, on Glasgow&#8217;s Buchanan Street hoisting an escalator into position at a major shop refit at McDonald&#8217;s Wylie and Lochhead.<\/p>\n<p>Press reports of the time tell of the heroics from crane operators Donald McLeod and Victor Brown, who had the nerve-wracking job of making sure all went safely and smoothly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8120\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8120\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8120 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Old-Lattice-boom-crane.jpg\" alt=\"Old-Lattice-boom-crane\" width=\"650\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Old-Lattice-boom-crane.jpg 650w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Old-Lattice-boom-crane-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memories: When a 200 ton crane made an escalator fly on Buchanan Street<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This startling sight shows one of the largest cranes in Britain at the time, all 200 tons of it, on Glasgow&#8217;s Buchanan Street hoisting an escalator into position at a major shop refit at McDonald&#8217;s Wylie and Lochhead. 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