The giant 150-ton cantilever, fitting-out crane was erected around 1907 on the west side of the fitting-out basin of the Clydebank Shipyard on the River Clyde. It was one of the first shipyard cranes to be designed and built by Sir William Arrol & Co. In
recognition of its historical significance
it is a B-listed structure.
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The
Titan crane
at Clydebank on the River Clyde |
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The
Titan crane
at Clydebank on the River Clyde |
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The Titan Crane:
The Titan was built in 1907 by William Arrol & Co of Dalmarnock. Over the decades that followed, it was used by John Brown shipyards to fit out Cunard liners, battleships and the Royal Yacht Brittania. The Titan played a crucial role during the two World Wars and survived unscathed despite the bombing of Clydebank.
In the early 1970s, the Titan was still working but on oil rigs rather than ships.
It once stood with 16 other cranes - however these have all been dismantled and the Titan alone remains.
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The
shipyard crane at Finnieston
on the River Clyde The Finnieston crane was built at the height of the heavy industry boom in Glasgow to load railway carriages onto ships for transporting around world. It was built in 1926 and was then the largest hammer-head crane in Europe. It remained operational until the early 90s. |
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Giant
( "Titan" )
shipyard crane
at James Watt Docks in Greenock on the Firth of Clyde The crane is one of those built by Sir William Arrol |
Titan
Shipyard Crane
at Whiteinch ( The "Whiteinch Hammer" ) on the River Clyde The Titan crane, part of the Barclay Curle & Company Ltd. buildings on the north bank of the River Clyde, at its Clydeholm shipyard in Whiteinch. Designed and built by Sir William Arrol and Co. Ltd, this is one of the four remaining Titans on the Clyde. The crane is category A listed. |
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Titan
Shipyard Crane
at Whiteinch ( The "Whiteinch Hammer" ) on the River Clyde |
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Titan
Shipyard Crane
on the River Clyde |
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Fairfield's
Shipyard
Crane
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Shipyard
Cranes on the River Clyde
These belonged to some of the most important ship building yards of the 20th century. The yards included John Brown & Company – shipbuilders of the Queen Elizabeth & Queen Mary for the Cunard Line. |
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Shipyard
Cranes
on the River Clyde |
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Shipyard
Cranes at BAE
at Govan on the River Clyde The
fixed dockside portal / berth
cranes
were erected in 1974 |
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