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Dundee Harbour, Victoria Dock, Steam Crane General View
SC 607007
Description Dundee Harbour, Victoria Dock, Steam Crane General View
Date 15/3/1968
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 607007
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Steam Crane, Victoria Dock, Dundee The Victoria and Camperdown Docks were built between 1863 and 1875, greatly increasing the scale of Dundee as a port. This heavy steam crane was installed in 1874, and made by J Taylor & Co of Liverpool. This shows the crane from the east. The massive masonry base supports a post round which the crane mechanism revolves. Both the body of the crane and the tubular jib are made of iron plates riveted together. As the smoke shows, the crane was in steam when the photograph was taken. This was one of the earliest heavy steam cranes in Scotland, and one of the last to survive. However, it was demolished in about 1970. It was installed for fitting out steamships, and for shipping heavy machinery. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H68/434/1A
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/607007
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