Quayside Titan Crane, North British Diesel Engine Works, 739 South Street, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1989. Engine works, crane.

Quayside Titan Crane, North British Diesel Engine Works, 739 South Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
slow-gravel-rush
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow West MP: Patricia Ferguson (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1989
Type
Engine works, crane
OS grid reference
NS 533 668
Coordinates
55.87238, -4.34553
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Quayside Titan Crane, located at the North British Diesel Engine Works on South Street in Glasgow, was ordered in 1913 and completed in 1920 by Sir William Arrol and Co Ltd. This impressive 150-ton cantilever crane was designed to serve the engine erecting shop, featuring sliding roof panels for efficient operation. The structure includes a lattice girder tower that supports a roller track, allowing for the rotation of an asymmetrical truss gib, which houses the motor room and counterweight at its shorter end.

Local climate

Quayside Titan Crane, North British Diesel Engine Works, 739 South Street, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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