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View from SSW showing Marshall, Fleming & Jack steam crane
SC 775883
Description View from SSW showing Marshall, Fleming & Jack steam crane
Date 18/2/1971
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 775883
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Lanarkshire Steel Works, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire This shows the boiler and mechanism of the unique 'three-motor' steam crane built by local firm Marshall, Fleming & Jack for the works in 1899. There are three cylinders on each side, one pair each for travelling, turning and hoisting. Designed for ingot stripping, it was in general use in 1971. This crane could travel, hoist and turn simultaneously, but in practice this was not found necessary, and subsequently the cranes built for steel works use by the firm had a single motor. After the works closed in 1978 this crane was stored before being transferred to Summerlee Heritage Park, where it can still be seen. This works was founded in 1890 by the Lanarkshire Steel Co Ltd to make steel using the acid open-hearth process. Until it became part of Colvilles Ltd in the 1930s it made a wide range of products, but from that time until closure in 1978 specialised in heavy rolled sections, including crane rails. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/71/8/20
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