gantry
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Among the items destined for the scrap heap is the gantry, which once sheltered Soyuz rockets from the tropical weather.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Long Beach Fire Chief Dennis Buchanan said fire units responded at 9:06 a.m. and found that several containers were also leaning against a gantry crane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
On the radio gantry, the great Willie Miller smiled, wistfully.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024
For four days, Hallam and more than three dozen other activists climbed a gantry and thereby blocked traffic in London’s critically important M25 motorway.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2024
But if I reversed the process, and closed my left eye, all I could see was machinery—a huge pile of it, rocket and gantry and cables and pipes all jumbled together in confusion.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
He passed under 14 motorway gantries, but not one carried a red warning 'X' signal of an obstruction ahead.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Hallam was originally jailed for five years for agreeing to disrupt traffic by having protesters climb onto gantries over the M25 for four successive days.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
Over the last four days, its activists have climbed gantries above the highway, forcing it to close in several places.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Causing further disruption over the weekend is the fact the M48 Severn Bridge will be closed until 06:00 Monday for two high-level cable inspection gantries to be moved.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2022
Ladders, gantries, beams, and walkways crossed the gloom above, with small figures moving about them purposefully.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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