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Summary Record

Date 1 July 2016

Event ID 1012066

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Summary Record

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1012066

The James Watt Dock cantilever crane (150 tonnes) was built in 1917 by Sir William Arrol and Co. for the Greencok Harbour Trust. It is no longer operational. The structure was given A-listed status in April 1989.

It is one of four cranes of this kind surviving on the River Clyde. The others are; 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, West Dunbartonshire (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).

Information from Martin Conlon, 1 July 2016

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