In November 1968, the landscape of Belfast was forever changed when a giant yellow crane known as Goliath rose from the Harland and Wolff shipyard. It would be joined soon afterwards by Samson ...

Samson and Goliath, the giant twin gantry cranes of Harland & Wolff, dominate Belfast’s skyline. For those who grew up in the city, the cranes are a familiar sight. To international visitors ...