Crane #14, Leith, Scotland.
Leith; the birthplace of cranes. Hundreds of years ago, cranes were fashioned out of fish bones and leatherette. Leather made by female cows.
Then came larger animals. As the empire expanded, hyena, buffalo, even hippo bones were pressed into service. Only taking from naturally deceased corpses, the most prized being (obviously) giraffe. You could make more cranes, more quickly.
But this cottage industry died out soon, animal crane production moving abroad, and cheaper steel replacing it domestically.
The cranes in this picture are made from solid magnesium derivative, giving them a lustrous sheer, bendy nature, and potentially explosive outcome if naked flame ever goes near them.
Which it did, in 1973. So they aren't there anymore. Sorry.
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