Former merchant seaman Jim Boardman agrees. I always come down here because it s nice and quiet, and I was like, Whoa, look at this thing come in here. It was amazing, he said.
It s the end of a trip that was a decade in the making and covered thousands of miles, beginning in Shanghai, where the cranes were built.
It marks a new beginning for the Port of Boston; they are part of an $850 million port revitalization. Mike Meyran, the port director, says the cranes represent $42 million of that. These cranes are really the final touch to allow us to handle the bigger ships that are coming as a result of the Panama Canal expansion, Meyran said.
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Thunderstorms rumbled across Massachusetts Tuesday, wreaking some havoc that included a Webster house fire triggered by a bolt of lightning.
The blaze broke out at a School Street home around 4:30 p.m. when lightning struck the chimney and attic, WCVB reports.
The chimney was torn apart, and flames engulfed part of the roof and attic, the Webster fire chief told the news outlet. No one was injured.
A Georgetown resident also told WCVB lightning struck her home on Lakeshore Drive, resulting in a hole burned through her roof. No serious injuries were reported.
And in Haverhill, a tree fell on a Salem Street home, WCVB reports. When it toppled over, the tree pulled down power lines connected to the house and caused some damage to the roof and porch, according to the news station. No one inside was injured.