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. 1 related planning application.

Finnieston Cantilever Crane, Stobcross Quay, Glasgow

WRENN ID: hollow-lime-finch
Grade: A
Local Planning Authority: Glasgow City
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 14 April 1989
Type: Crane
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

1926, completed 1931 by Cowans Sheldon and Co Ltd under the

supervision of Daniel Fife Mechanical Engineer to the Clyde

Navigation Trust. 175 ton giant cantilever quayside crane.

Lattice, steel girder tower, with the only example of a

personnel lift ever fitted to a British crane; the tower

supports a roller track on which rotates the asymmetrical

cantilever truss gib with motor room and counter weight at

the short end. The only British crane ever fitted with a

horizontal rail for the Jigger hoist handling light loads.

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