Telescoping Boom

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Mr Link

Telescoping Boom

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McKeil's barge Huron Spirit is equipped with a telescoping boom. I assume this was done to maximize reach, while minimizing the amount of deck space the boom takes up on the barge.

http://www.mckeil.com/sites/default/fil ... _sheet.pdf

Have any other Great Lakes vessels had telescoping booms? I guess that the shuttle booms are telescopic, but they don't rotate and elevate like the boom on the Huron Spirit does.

I suspect my question may be addressed in Buckets and Belts: The Evolution of the Great Lakes Self Unloader by William Lafferty and Valerie van Heest, but I honestly haven't had a chance to read my copy yet.