Operating a tower crane is a job full of challenges
By Don Dodson
Sunday January 13, 2008
Heather Coit
Two tower crane projects are visible from the 19th floor of Tower on Third in Champaign. The project in the foreground is at the corner of Fourth and Green streets, and the one in the background is at the former Burnham Hospital site on Springfield Avenue.
CHAMPAIGN – Operating a tower crane isn't for everyone – especially if you're acrophobic, claustrophobic or clumsy.
Your whole day is spent in a compact "cabin" about 200 feet in the air. Part of the cabin's floor is clear so you can see the ground.
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