The Clyde: Finnieston Crane

Posted by Stu (Scotland | Residing in Kyoto, Japan) on 8 January 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

The Finnieston Crane is landmark in Glasgow, Scotland. It is now disused but is retained as a symbol of the city's engineering heritage.
The crane was commissioned in 1926 by the Clyde Navigation Trust, the operators of the port and dock facilities in Glasgow. It was completed in 1932 by Cowans, Sheldon & Company of Carlisle on the Stobcross Quay on the north bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, and cost a total of £52,351. It is officially known as the Stobcross Crane (or, to the navigation trust as Clyde Navigation Trustees crane #7), but its proximity to Finnieston Quay has led to its being popularly known as the Finnieston Crane. It has a lifting capacity of 175 tons. It can be ascended either by a steel staircase or an electric lift. A third heavy lift crane, called the Clyde Villa crane was located on Plantation Quay at the berth now occupied by the paddle steamer Waverley (the quay was renamed Pacific Quay in the past few years)
The Millennium Bridge is visible in the background.

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