Old Harbour Cranes, Antwerp
The Museum MAS, Antwerp has a large collection of preserved dockside cranes, most of which can be viewed at close quarters on the old Scheldt quays.
The oldest crane in the MAS collection is a 10-ton hand crane, built in 1884 by Stuckenholz, located close to the new museum building.
Some information on nine of the electric cranes with tracks on the waterfront, largely from here[1], listed according to construction date. The group constitutes a listed monument:-
No. 45AA: built in 1908 by Compagnie International d'Electricité from Liège.
184CD: built in 1926 by Cockerill-Babcock.
176CC: built in 1926 by Figee of Haarlem, NL.
158BD: built in 1926 by Titan Anversois from Hoboken: Only preserved crane here with screw rod top work. No horizontal load path and no movable counterweights.
223CK: Built in 1928 by Würth:
290CO: Built in 1931 by Kampnagel.
330FA: Built in 1938 by Demag.
334GA: by Stothert and Pitt, 1944. 6 tons capacity.
343HA: built in 1954 by Demag. 3T capacity.
There are three more modern harbour cranes nearby, and an old hydraulic crane, No.111, a short distance from the main group (see below).
Hydraulic Crane, No.111
Crane 111 was built in 1907 in Hoboken by "Union Métallurgique", a collaboration of the Cockerill shipyard and the crane builder Le Titan Anversois. It has a lifting capacity of 2 tonnes. It was powered by the doc's high pressure water system, originally supplied by Armstrong.[2]
See also here.