crane

I like the light.

According to search engines, a new CFM 56 engine can cost in the US$20-25 Million range. With that in mind, all of that lifting hardware would be overrated and tested to prevent dropping a 25 million dollar engine on the ground,

Corrections or comments are welcomed.

Back when this image was made, a liquid Freon was used in a process that was labeled, "vapor degreaser." Since there is no exhaust hood this is a possibility. Chlorinated hydrocarbons such as trichloroethane and 1.1.1.trichloroethylene were also used as a degreaser but I'd expect an exhaust hood. So far as I know, neither of these would be allowed by regulatory laws in California today. The black drums in the forground may have readable labels that identify the degreasing material.

Note the guy with the pendant-type crane control in the foreground.

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Winthrop Murray Crane
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winthrop_M._Crane
"Winthrop Murray Crane (commonly referred to as W. Murray Crane or simply Murray Crane; April 23, 1853 – October 2, 1920) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served as the 40th governor of Massachusetts from 1900 to 1903 and represented that state in the United States Senate from 1904 to 1913.

In 1879, he secured his family company, paper manufacturer Crane & Co., an exclusive government contract to supply the paper for United States currency, a monopoly the company holds to this day. During the 1890s he became increasingly active in state Republican politics, and became a dominant figure in the local, state, and national party. He was successively elected the 37th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (in 1896) and 40th governor (in 1899). In 1904, he was appointed to the United States Senate and served until 1913.

Crane advised Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. His success as Governor in defusing a Teamsters strike prompted Roosevelt to bring him in as a negotiator to resolve the Coal Strike of 1902. He refused repeated offers for cabinet-level positions and was known to dislike campaigning and giving speeches. Near the end of his career, he served as a political mentor to future President Calvin Coolidge, who was elected vice president one month after Crane's death."