City of Glasgow

Shipyard Cranes

Photographs of Titan Shipyard Cranes

on the River Clyde

Giant ( Titan ) crane at shipyard on the River Clyde

The Titan crane at Clydebank

on the River Clyde

The giant 150-ton cantilever, fitting-out crane

was erected around 1907

on the west side of the fitting-out basin

of the Clydebank Shipyard on the River Clyde.

It was one of the first shipyard cranes

to be designed

and built by Sir William Arrol & Co.

In recognition of its historical significance

it is a B-listed structure.

"Titan" Shipyard Crane

on the Clyde River Walkway

at Clydebank

The Titan crane

at Clydebank

on the River Clyde

http://www.titanclydebank.com/

The Titan Crane:

The Titan was built in 1907 by William Arrol & Co of Dalmarnock. Over the decades that followed, it was used by John Brown shipyards to fit out Cunard liners, battleships and the Royal Yacht Brittania. The Titan played a crucial role during the two World Wars and survived unscathed despite the bombing of Clydebank.

In the early 1970s, the Titan was still working but on oil rigs rather than ships.

It once stood with 16 other cranes - however these have all been dismantled and the Titan alone remains.

The crane was refurbished and opened to the public in 2007.

Bungee jumpers to take the plunge at Titan Crane

The Titan Crane is to begin hosting jumpers using a scaffold platform fixed to the end of its cantilever arm. Daredevils will plunge 150ft from the A-listed structure towards the surface of the River Clyde.

Giant crane at shipyard on the River Clyde

Titan crane

on the River Clyde

The shipyard crane at Finnieston

on the River Clyde

The Finnieston crane was built
at the height of the heavy industry boom in Glasgow
to load railway carriages onto ships
for transporting around world.

It was built in 1926
and was then the largest hammer-head crane in Europe.

It remained operational until the early 90s.

The Finnieston Titan shipyard crane

across the River Clyde

from the Glasgow Science Centre

The shipyard crane

at Finnieston

on the River Clyde

Giant ( "Titan" ) shipyard crane

at James Watt Docks in Greenock

on the Firth of Clyde

The crane is one of those built by Sir William Arrol

RCAHMS - Titan Cantilever Crane, Greenock Harbour

Wikipedia - James Watt Dock Crane

Titan Shipyard Crane at Whiteinch on the River Clyde

Titan Shipyard Crane

at Whiteinch ( The "Whiteinch Hammer" )

on the River Clyde

The Titan crane,

part of the Barclay Curle & Company Ltd. buildings

on the north bank of the River Clyde,

at its Clydeholm shipyard in Whiteinch.

Designed and built by Sir William Arrol and Co. Ltd,

this is one of the four remaining Titans on the Clyde.

The crane is category A listed.

Wikipedia - Barclay Curle

Titan Shipyard Crane

at Whiteinch ( The "Whiteinch Hammer" )

on the River Clyde

Wikipedia - Barclay Curle

Titan Shipyard Crane

on the River Clyde

Fairfield's Shipyard Crane

at Govan

Shipyard Cranes on the River Clyde

These belonged to some of the

most important ship building yards

of the 20th century.

The yards included John Brown & Company

– shipbuilders of the Queen Elizabeth & Queen Mary

for the Cunard Line.