City officials comment on rusted landmark
To players of Niantic’s geolocation games, the vehicle husk is known as the “Dinosaur Crane.” However, other people have identified the equipment as either a power cable shovel or a dragline excavator.
Photo by Deb Jacques
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STERLING HEIGHTS Like a workhorse put out to pasture, the husk of what used to be a construction vehicle stands along a narrow path in the Clinton River Trail System, just north of Dodge Park’s bridge over the Clinton River.
Its appearance is dilapidated and riddled with rust and graffiti. Yet its presence remains a curiosity for anyone willing to venture into the woods and perhaps risk muddy shoes to get there.