Ajax and Hercules Cranes

Sometime after the Canal construction was finished, two gigantic steam cranes arrived from Germany: Ajax and Hercules Cranes. These enormous cranes were for multi purposes; they served to transport heavy equipment and also for ships repairs. Thirty five years later, the Ajax crane’s arm was damaged, and later on it was sold to a Venezuelan firm. In 1966, Hercules crane received a new boiler, it used diesel instead of charcoal. It functioned until the end of 1999, when was set aside by the crane Titan; now it is part of the reserve fleet.