Four cranes lined up and ready for Monday
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The trip passed under the Bay Bridge
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Across the bay, the dock of Oakland loomed
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A dredging barge kept the channel clear
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The container cranes that inspired the Imperial Walker
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Another dredge cleared the channel near to shore
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A look back revealed a distant zeppelin
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A container crane at rest on Sunday
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The ferry left the City near sunset
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Then three more cranes appeared past the four
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Closeup reveals the complex nature of each crane
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Containers stacked under an on-shore crane
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Many such on-shore cranes move containers around
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Closeup of the massive wheels that move the massive cranes
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A small sloop motors home as the sun sets
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As the sun sets, three cranes patiently abide
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Deep in the channel, the City but a distant memory
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An old, rusty crane turned its back on us
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Piles of rusty metal lined the shore
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Another sloop motored home with sail up
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A Matson cargo ship was docked in Oakland
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A Relief ship was docked near downtown
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Back side of the container cranes
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At the other end was Jack London Square
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