Crane is Larger Than It Looks

There are a number of cranes that operate around the dam structure at Grand Coulee.  With the scale of the dam being so large, it is hard to appreciate how big these cranes are.  However, the road crosses the edge of the dam at the top and you go across rails in the road surface along which the cranes can traverse.  This gives you some idea of just how large it really is.  It would have been good to see one in action to give some idea of what it was lifting but that was not to be.  Below is a wider view of the dam so you can see how small the crane looks in the grand scheme of things – disguising its true size.

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