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Titan Crane
Society: ASCE Main Category: Sub Category: Era: 1900s DateCreated: 1907 Queens Quay Clydebank State: Zip: G81 1BF Country: Scotland Website: http://www.asce.org/project/titan-crane/ Creator: Hunter, Adam

The Titan is a 200-ton electrically driven hammerhead cantilever crane, the earliest survivor of this type. It is now all that remains of the once great John Brown Shipyard in Clydebank near Glasgow where many of the world's great ships were built. Designed and constructed by Sir William Arrol and Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland, in 1907 the Titan set the standard for many more similar cranes to be erected worldwide. It has been restored and opened as a tourist attraction in 2007.

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Society: ASME Main Category: Mechanical Sub Category: Era: 1900s DateCreated: 1907 Titan Crane Clydebank Rebuilt Clydebank State: Zip: G81 1BF Country: Scotland Website: https://www.asme.org/about-asme/who-we-are/engineering-history/landmarks/253-titan-crane Creator: Hunter, Adam

The largest crane of the hammer-head or Titan' type, and the earliest s

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Titan Crane

The Titan is a 200-ton electrically driven hammerhead cantilever crane, the earliest survivor of this type. It is now all that remains of the once great John Brown Shipyard in Clydebank near Glasgow where many of the world's great ships were built. Designed and constructed by Sir William Arrol…

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