With Harland and Wolff under threat, BBC News NI looks at the future of Samson and Goliath. ... Each of the giant cranes has a span of 140m and a safe working load of 840 tonnes.

The Harland and Wolff cranes have been a familiar part of the city skyline for decades and symbolise its shipbuilding heritage. Known locally as Samson and Goliath, Goliath was completed in July 1969.

Harland & Wolff's two 300ft yellow gantry cranes - named after Biblical warriors Samson and Goliath - have been iconic sights towering against the Belfast skyline since the 1960s ...

Titanic shipbuilder Harland & Wolff set to collapse into administration. 16 September 2024, 14:00 | Updated: 16 September 2024, 14:36. Belfast, United Kingdom 16/09/2024 Iconic Harland and Wolff ...

Yellow cranes at the Belfast dry docks on the site of the former Harland and Wolff shipyard where the Titanic was built in Belfast, March 6, 2019.

September 20, 2024 at 11:00am BST. Internationally, Harland & Wolff is perhaps best known as the birthplace of the RMS Titanic, however, in Northern Ireland the iconic shipyard carries far deeper ...

With Harland and Wolff under threat, BBC News NI looks at the future of Samson and Goliath. ... Each of the giant cranes has a span of 140m and a safe working load of 840 tonnes.

With Harland and Wolff under threat, BBC News NI looks at the future of Samson and Goliath. ... Each of the giant cranes has a span of 140m and a safe working load of 840 tonnes.