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
The auditorium is being redeveloped, reinstating the back wall, new control room, upgraded lighting system in the gantry, and a new ventilation system.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
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
I could just imagine him high on a gantry, lying on his back like Michelangelo, working with a wrench on the fuel lines of one of his rockets.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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
The outage also made it impossible to change the signals in overhead gantries to close lanes with a red 'X' sign where a hazard had been detected.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2023
Overhead gantries on the city's ring road were changed to read "too much, too young, RIP Terry Hall".
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2022
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
Ladders, gantries, beams, and walkways crossed the gloom above, with small figures moving about them purposefully.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
