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Jaian and Kanchiba Kureen Giant cantilever crane [non-public facility]

A valuable asset from the time when Japanese shipbuilding technology became world-class.

A huge crane towers over the center of Nagasaki Port. The Giant Cantilever Crane is an active facility that is still in operation after more than 100 years.
It was manufactured by the Scottish company Appleby and was introduced in 1909 during the Mitsubishi Limited Partnership era, and was the first of its type to be installed in Japan. It is powered by an electric motor and has the ability to lift large ship equipment. It still maintains this capacity and is currently used for shipping steam turbines and marine propellers.
There are very few machines of this type still in existence in the world, and this machine was the first to be exported by Scotland, making it the world's oldest in active operation, making it extremely valuable internationally. Masu.
It is one of the 23 assets that make up the World Heritage Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution, but it is a facility within Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Nagasaki Shipyard and Machinery Works and is closed to the public.
Its majestic appearance can be seen from Mizube no Mori Park, Glover Garden, the Gunkanjima cruise ship, and the Nagasaki Port pleasure boat on the opposite bank.

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Nagasaki city center area (Peace Park, Mt. Inasa, Glover Garden, etc.)
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world Heritage
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Photogenic Touring world heritage sites

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Address Nagasaki, Nagasaki
Transportation access *Facility not open to the public
Link URL Meiji Japan's Industrial Revolution Heritage Sites
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