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The crane is being using near my house off of Rt 404 in Bridgeville De. Over time I'll see more cranes as farmland makes way for new homes and shopping malls. Here's part of a nice explanation and history of the crane. It's was taken from Answers.com .... Human beings have used a wide variety of devices to lift heavy objects since ancient times. One of the earliest versions of the crane to be developed was the shaduf, first used to move water in Egypt about four thousand years ago. The shaduf consists of a long, pivoting beam balanced on a vertical support. A heavy weight is attached to one end of the beam and a bucket to the other. The user pulls the bucket down to the water supply, fills it, then allows the weight to pull the bucket up. The beam is then rotated to the desired position and the bucket is emptied. The shaduf is still used in rural areas of Egypt and India....