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Noun(1) a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered(2) a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom

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(1) The derrick cranes being used for erection were then moved forward to the next segment and the cycle was repeated.(2) Today, two derrick cranes will move the heavy reactor and its related equipment to a trailer with 360 wheels on the pier.(3) A 350 ft derrick will support the six-mile drill pipe, which could take more than a year to drive through the crust.(4) A few nameless shrubs, oil derricks and transmission towers line the far edges of the highway.(5) The ship is self-sufficient in that it has its own derricks enabling to load and unload all over the world.(6) Oil wells no longer require derricks , so west county's 7,000 rickety towers are largely gone.(7) Soon drilling derricks , pipelines and roads carved up the region, and oil spills polluted lakes and rivers.(8) Timbers for the largest derricks could not be provided locally, so they were shipped from the West and the South.(9) There were oil derricks and natural gas pipelines, grain elevators six stories high.(10) The vessel to be fitted with winches, derricks , wheels and ordinary runners capable of handling lifts up to 2 tons.
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