Cockatoo Island Jib Crane. - a photo on Flickriver

            Electric Portal Travelling Jib Crane installed 1979, Cockatoo Island, Sydney.

Cockatoo Island is a convict industrial settlement and pre and post-federation shipbuilding complex. It is important in the course of Australia’s cultural history for its use as a place of convict hard labour, secondary punishment and for public works, and its history and contributions to the nation as a dockyard.

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Taken in: Australia / New South Wales / Sydney / Woolwich (show map)

Taken on: May 20, 2011

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Camera: Canon PowerShot A30, f/8.0, 1/250 sec, 5.4mm (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot A30
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	5.4mm
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer 6.1.7600.16385
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