LAST WE HEARD. Goliath stood idle and rusting on the grounds of the former shipyard for more than two decades. In 2007, four years after auto dealer Daniel Quirk purchased the property, he sold ...

It is a myth that steel structures of Goliath gantry (and other) cranes require only a minimum amount of inspection and that steel structures of such cranes do not, in general, suffer from fatigue. IC ...

The dismantling of Goliath, the largest gantry crane in North America and a long-time Quincy landmark, has resumed, but the investigation of the recent deadly collapse at the former Fore River ...

Goliath’s removal inspires sighs of nostalgia from former shipyard workers or anyone who has grown up or grown old seeing it. Still, no one seems to have tried to save it. Preserving the crane ...

The dismantled 328-foot-tall Goliath crane, a long-time Quincy landmark at the former Fore River Shipyard, has left by barge on a month-long voyage to its new home across the Atlantic Ocean.

The company hired to dismantle and move Quincy’s “Goliath” crane, which partially collapsed yesterday, killing an ironworker, has a history of violations. Norsar LLC, the Seattle-based ...

The 3,700-ton Goliath crane is loaded in pieces onto a barge, and could depart as early as Sunday for a South Korean-owned shipyard in Romania. READ MORE IN OUR WEEKEND EDITION. Careers ...

Workers lifted the girders of the new 315-metric-ton Goliath gantry crane on Saturday, August 4. The new crane is 241 feet tall and will replace the the shipyard’s 49-year-old green Goliath ...