Titan Crane, Greenock
From Graces Guide
This 150-ton capacity Titan ('Hammerhead') cantilever crane is preserved at the James Watt Dock in Greenock. It is Grade A listed, but is non-operational.
Built in 1917 by William Arrol and Co for the Greenock Harbour Trust.
It is one of four cranes of this type surviving on the River Clyde. The others being: the Finnieston/Stobcross crane, Glasgow (Cowans Sheldon and Co. of Carlisle, Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co., 1931, 175 tonnes); the Clydebank crane, West Dunbartonshire (Sir William Arrol and Co., 1907, 150 tonnes); at the former John Brown shipyard (Sir William Arrol and Co., 1907, 150 tonnes); the former Barclay Curle/North British Diesel Engine Works crane, Glasgow (Sir William Arrol and Co., 1920, 150 tonnes).[1]
See Also
Loading...