The crane

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0:43:50 > 0:43:57.

0:44:07 > 0:44:10Well, that's Samson and Goliath over there,

0:44:10 > 0:44:13and they can lift 900 tons each,

0:44:13 > 0:44:15but they weren't here during Titanic's time.

0:44:17 > 0:44:18This was what was known as

0:44:18 > 0:44:23a steam crane, and they could have lifted a five-ton load,

0:44:23 > 0:44:26bringing steel plate down to the slipways

0:44:26 > 0:44:29for the platers to start building the Titanic.

0:44:31 > 0:44:34Well, I started here in February of 1948.

0:44:34 > 0:44:36You weren't allowed a cup of tea in the morning.

0:44:36 > 0:44:40You'd fill the can with water and you'd nip aboard the crane,

0:44:40 > 0:44:41and you knew the crane driver,

0:44:41 > 0:44:43so he let you boil your water in the boiler.

0:44:43 > 0:44:45And he kept his eye out for you

0:44:45 > 0:44:46to make sure no manager came on the scene.

0:44:46 > 0:44:50Back in the old days, in the Titanic time, they had to do the same,

0:44:50 > 0:44:52they had to sneak away to the crane.

0:44:52 > 0:44:55There must have been 30, 40, maybe even 50,

0:44:55 > 0:44:57steam cranes about the different yards.