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The two cranes were the first modern high capacity cranes in Britain. [5] Other shipbuilders installed massive cranes soon after, such as the Titan Clydebank in 1907, although these were typically British-built and of a different design. [6] The crane was erected in 1903 at a cost of £3,352 by German firm Kohncke. [5]
The "hammerhead", or giant cantilever, crane is a fixed-jib crane consisting of a steel-braced tower on which revolves a large, horizontal, double cantilever; the forward part of this cantilever or jib carries the lifting trolley, the jib is extended backwards in order to form a support for the machinery and counterbalancing weight. In addition ...
Titan Clydebank, more commonly known as the Titan Crane is a 150-foot-high (46 m) cantilever crane at Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It was designed to be used in the lifting of heavy equipment, such as engines and boilers, during the fitting-out of battleships and ocean liners at the John Brown & Company shipyard.
The Finnieston Crane in 1987 holding the straw locomotive sculpted by George Wyllie One of the hook blocks stored under the crane. Commissioned as part of the TSWA 3D exhibition, [12] and displayed during Glasgow's 1987 Mayfest arts festival, [13] a full-size replica locomotive made from straw by local sculptor George Wyllie was hauled from the old Hyde Park Works in Springburn and suspended ...
The Fairfield Titan crane, with the RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009) under construction in the background.. The Fairfield Titan was a giant cantilever crane at BAE Systems' Govan shipyard, and the largest such crane on the River Clyde until it was demolished in 2007.
The Barclay Curle Crane is a disused Titan or giant cantilever crane at the Barclay Curle shipyard at Whiteinch, ... Design. The crane was rated at 150 tonnes (150 ...
The ultimate development of the dedicated block-setting crane was the hammerhead or 'giant cantilever' Titan crane. These had a deep double truss as a cantilever beam atop a large diameter roller bearing, on a carriage similar to that of the Hercules.
It was built in 1917 by Sir William Arrol & Co. [1] It was rated to lift 150 tonnes (150 long tons; 170 short tons), and is a category A listed structure. [1] [2] Apart from an adjacent derelict mobile Smith Rodley, it is the only crane left in the dock after the yards were cleared for redevelopment.