steam crane

noun1

1. •
   A once common but now obsolete type of crane powered by a steam engine, with the steam usually supplied from a vertical boiler.

   • Work commenced at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday and continued without break until 4 a.m. on Monday morning, in the course of which three shifts of upwards of 90 men each and three steam cranes were employed. — 1958