Description

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA12NW HEDON ROAD 680-1/9/151 (South side (off)) 16/05/89 100 ton steam crane at Alexandra Dock

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Steam crane. 1886, disused from c1980. By James Taylor & Co., Engineers, of Birkenhead. Iron and ashlar. Square ashlar base with stone steps on the east side, with wrought-iron handrail and balustrade. Triangular steel cabin mounted on roller track, with 2 doorways with wooden sliding doors, and glazed cab to front. Jib with double tubular booms and strutted stays above, attached to the triangular main frame. At the rear, square boiler enclosure with rounded end, segmental roof and tubular flue. INTERIOR has cast-iron structure with horizontal twin cylinder hoist engine and similar vertical luffing engine with worm drive. Vertical boiler at rear. Built to serve ships using the Alexandra Dock (qv).

Listing NGR: TA1279128992

External Links

• Wikidata Q17553616

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