Golden Ray Cutting Stops for Maintenance
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
Salvaging teams stopped work Saturday on cutting the engine section away from the shipwrecked Golden Ray, citing the worn conditions of the steel cable wires that guide the cutting chain and control its cutting cycles, according to Unified Command.
The wires loop into the large pear-shaped pulleys that hold the cutting chain in place. The wires wind through a series of loops and turns within the rigging of the VB 10,000 crane vessel, ultimately leading to the winches that power the cutting.
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