"steam crane" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: steam cranes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} steam crane (plural steam cranes)
  1. A once common but now obsolete type of crane powered by a steam engine, with the steam usually supplied from a vertical boiler.
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