The Harvester at North Kettering Business Park has been named The Sundew after people were asked to put forward ideas for it.
Last week, the Evening Telegraph revealed restaurant group Harvester had chosen the name after it was suggested by two re
sidents, saying the crane was used between 1957 and 1974 behind the site of the Harvester.
However, several readers have since been in touch with the Evening Telegraph with different memories and views of the dragline.
Don Kirk, of Ennerdale Road, Corby, said: "The Sundew was named after the 1957 Grand National Winner.
"At the time it was built it was the largest walking dragline in the world. It weighed 1,675 tons with a reach of 86 metres and a bucket capacity of 27 tons.
"Sundew spent most of its working life in Rutland, in 1974 it was decided to move this large machine to a quarry north of Corby.
"To do this they decided to take Sundew for a walk all the way from near the village of Exton in Rutland to just north of Corby, a total of 13 miles.
"When the steelworks closed at the end of the 70s Sundew's work was done and on July 4, 1980, Sundew walked to its final resting place. Its huge boom was lowered on to a mound of earth where it remained until it was scrapped a few years later. The driving cab was preserved by the Rutland Railway Museum."
Kettering resident Steve Purcell worked at Stewarts & Lloyds, before it became part of British Steel.
He had a book published in 2002 called Corby Iron and Steel Works.
He said: "It took about three months to move the crane, we used to go and see how far it had moved, it was cheaper to move it rather than dismantle it and rebuild it.
"It was a massive piece of machinery but was not used behind where the new Harvester is."
Diana Martin, of Harringworth, said: "On leaving Exton this dragline was 'walked' to Spanhoe Aerodrome near Corby, where it worked until finally dismantled."
The Evening Telegraph contacted The Harvester, but no-one was available to comment on the confusion caused by its name and the origins behind it.
