Left Coast Lifter
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Left Coast Lifter is a floating derrick barge or sheerleg which was built to assist in the eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. The barge carries a shear legs crane which is the largest barge crane ever used on the U.S. West Coast. The barge's name is taken from "Left Coast", a slang phrase that plays on the fact that the U.S. West Coast is on the left of the United States when viewing a map with north oriented at the top.[2]
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Left Coast Lifter at work on the Bay Bridge 28 May 2011 | |
History | |
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Name | Left Coast Lifter |
Operator | Tappan Zee Constructors |
Builder | US Barge LLC |
Yard number | Hull 2[1] |
Completed | 2009 |
In service | 2009–present |
Homeport | Wilmington |
Identification | USCG ID 1206934 |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Floating barge crane |
Tonnage | 7,695 GT |
Length | 384 feet (117 m) |
Beam | 99.8 feet (30 m) |
Draught | 22 feet (7 m) |
Propulsion | none |
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