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North Vancouver's
‘Stella Jo Dean

knows her cranes

matters to Dean.

Its form: A crane named Stella Jo.

The deed: Dean’s efforts to save the
artifact from the scrap heat.

Dean knows her cranes and in con-
versation praises the Gantry crane that

_ bears her name.

“All these are industrial artifacts,”
said Dean. “If they’re going to sell these
Gantry cranes for scrap metal, io onc is
going to know what a Gantry cranc looks
like.

“Tes s kind of nice to have a window~

It all adds up to the Western advantage!

paying $200,060,”

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NORTH Vancouver City Coun. Stetla Jo Dean proudly
‘stands aboard one of the Gantry cranes bearing her
name. Said Dean of her recent ride aboard the Stalla Ja:
“| was afraid to go up there, it was like going up in an
airplane!”

the crane

to the past, a piece of history,” she adrs.
In all, Dean has secured three cranes
on behalf of the city and she may still not
be donc.
“i'm not mechanically inclined, but
I know when something is of herizage

‘value and I go to get it (for the city},”

she said.

Some critics may question the value
of oid and often decrepit cranes left
behind at an old shipyard, but Dean dis-
agrees,

wt 's a window to our past, it’s histo-
ry,” she repeated vehemently.

she added that the city’s acquisition
of the cranes may serve to keep more
money in the city’s coffers. Especially
once the arca is developed. .. .

“If we had to pay an artist to design a
something big for us (the city) we'd
said Dean...

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