Quincy Crane Collapse

August 14, 2008: A 300,000-ton crane partially collapsed in Quincy, Massachusetts, killing one person. Quincy officials said that everyone else is accounted for.¹

Fast Facts

1. Happened at the Quincy Fore River shipyard²
2. Cause is unclear²
3. Goliath crane was being dismantled from the bottom up²
4. Crane scheduled to be taken apart and sent to a shipyard in Romania²
5. Crane seen as a landmark since it was built in the mid-1970s¹

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