# Jonathan Livingston .... Crane?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-livingston-crane/100118>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 26, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-livingston-crane/100118 "2002-03-26T02:43:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![glgincnc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f9ae1b/32.png) [@glgincnc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glgincnc)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-livingston-crane/100118/1 "2002-03-26T02:43:48Z")

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Remember that book about the seagull, and how you never see them die, I think that something like that must be going on with those giant construction cranes, the ones where the guy/gal sits up top operate them. They are all over my city, some 600 feet or more in the air. I would think it takes time to put one up or down, but I have never seen it. They are always just there or they are gone. What lifts them up? What takes them down? And while I am at it, they sure do look unstable.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-livingston-crane/100118/2 "2002-03-26T02:49:32Z")

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They use other cranes to put them up. They started on one next door to where I office just this morning.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-livingston-crane/100118/3 "2002-03-26T02:55:35Z")

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More detail:

[which comes first, the crane or…?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=4370&highlight=Crane)

[Cranes–does it take one to build one?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=3881&highlight=Crane)

Hmmm…, same guy asked both times.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-livingston-crane/100118/4 "2002-03-26T02:56:25Z")

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[Raising Cranes: How Are Construction Cranes Raised and Lowered?](http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/Geek/geek000228.html) _(By Todd Campbell)_