Glasgow, Prince's Dock, West Quay, Steam Crane
Crane (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Prince's Dock, West Quay, Steam Crane
Classification Crane (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cowans & Sheldon Steam Crane
Canmore ID 204545
Site Number NS56NE 4919
NGR NS 56230 65085
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/204545
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NE 4919 56230 65085
Location formerly cited as NS 5623 6505.
For Prince's Dock (NS 5620 6493 to NS 5684 6503) and subsidiary buildings, see NS56SE 87.00.
Steam Crane, Princes Dock, built 1894 for the Clyde Navigation Trust by Cowans, Sheldon & Co of Carlisle (£16,000) and rebuilt in 1920. A massive fixed crane on a stone base, with a maximum capacity of 95 tons (reduced from 130 tons). The jib consisted of two large tubular girders with bracing ties to an A frame of riveted plates into which the cab was built. Coal bunkers were situated at each corner of the square base. Demolished 1970.
J R Hume 1974.
(Formerly entered in error as NS56SE 87.02). This crane is actually located on map sheet NS56NE.
Information from RCAHMS (RC), 19 December 2001.
(Re-entered as NS56NE 4919 at cited location NS 56230 65085). The 1983 edition of the OS 1:1250 map (surveyed 1949) depicts what is apparently the massive substructure of this crane on the West Quay at NS 56230 65085. It is depicted as measuring about 18m square.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 February 2006.
