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Titan Crane, Clydebank:
Built in 1897 by Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd.. Restored and now open to the public.

street address: beside Clydebank College Campus, Cart Street, Clydebank, Glasgow, G81
Latitude / Longitude: 55.897299,-4.408711 (sourced using Google Maps)
site visit date: 18 March 2011

looking west at the crane from near the recently built Clydebank College campus (18/03/2011)

looking west at the large block to the rear of the crane top (18/03/2011)

looking west and down the Clyde (18/03/2011)

front of the crane top (18/03/2011)

mighty fixings and a local bird of prey (18/03/2011)

view south out along the basin and across the Clyde (18/03/2011)

view up at the lifting gear (18/03/2011)

lifting gear detail (18/03/2011)

the top of the tower with the huge cogged wheel just visible (18/03/2011)

operator's pod slung on the underside (18/03/2011)

one of several remaining ground installations relating to the crane (18/03/2011)

torn out fuses at the base (18/03/2011)

view south-west out along the basin and towards the airport on the south side of the Clyde (18/03/2011)

(18/03/2011)

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