Paul Smith, an employee at Beaton's, sent me these pictures of recovery efforts taking place. This huge Crane is lifting sunken, damaged boats from the slips at Beaton's.
In Paul's own words, "Attached are some photos of a huge crane that lifted several boats up from the
front docks at Beatons. As you can see the crane was set up over the pad for
the electric travel hoist.
The crane's boom fully extended measured 192 ft. The boat lifted from the
stern is Ed Lowe's. It was impaled on a piling at the stern and stuck bow first
into the mud. The other photo is of a boat left on top, of the dock, also
impaled on a piling. It is being lifted about 50 ft. in the air over the big
shed and set on a trailer at the west end of the shed. It was a very awesome
and quite sad procedure."
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| Crane used to recover boats sunk during Sandy |
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| Rigging ladder in the background |
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| Delicate work lifting the boats over all the buildings |
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| A long time Beaton resident's boat lifted from the Bay, the owner is 95 years old. I have sailed with him for the last 52 years, sad indeed. |
Sad, but on the mend.
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