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Wrecking balls

Scope note

Rounded, heavy, metal or concrete demolition devices swung on a cable from the boom of a crane to break through concrete or masonry constructions. MEANS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300022250

Equivalent Terms used

wrecking ball

Created

13yrs ago

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