Finnieston Cantilever Crane, Stobcross Quay, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1989. Crane. 2 related planning applications.

Finnieston Cantilever Crane, Stobcross Quay, Glasgow

WRENN ID
hollow-lime-finch
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1989
Type
Crane
OS grid reference
NS 571 651
Coordinates
55.8583, -4.28457
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Finnieston Cantilever Crane, located at Stobcross Quay in Glasgow, was built in 1926 and completed in 1931 by Cowans Sheldon and Co Ltd, under the supervision of Daniel Fife, Mechanical Engineer to the Clyde Navigation Trust. This impressive 175-ton cantilever quayside crane features a lattice, steel girder tower. It is notable for having the only personnel lift ever fitted to a British crane. The tower supports a roller track that allows the asymmetrical cantilever truss gib to rotate, with a motor room and counterweight positioned at the short end. Additionally, it is the only British crane equipped with a horizontal rail for the Jigger hoist, which is used for handling light loads.

Local climate

Finnieston Cantilever Crane, Stobcross Quay, 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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