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I've mentioned before the time, about 50 years ago, when a scintillation counter was delivered to QUB. About the same height as a typical rack but half as wide again and largely occupied by a complex sample changing mechanism. It arrived in a van without a tail-gate lift. It must have been loaded with a fork-lift but nobody advised we'd need one to unload it. It was eventually unboxed in the van, lowered onto its side and slid down a long plank. I don't think we'd worked out whether we could get it through this door and the narrow passage way behind it but it did just fit. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.5858855,-5.9347162,3a,75y,165.71h,80.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1st90JWAEKBeh2W1l4YPAH_w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en