Crane Collection

Cowens Sheldon & Co Ltd 15T breakdown crane No. 1
Built 1901. Changed to No.8 in 1910 and was stationed at Newton Abbot

Footbridge at Saltford, c1900
Two steam cranes lifting the girders of a footbridge into place

0-6-4 crane tank locomotive, No 18, Steropes
Built 1901, withdrawn 1936

Burrator Lake, Devon, August 1928
View of Burrator Reservoir, Devon, August 1928 showing the suspension bridge and dam. A small group of people are admiring the vista from the path

Newport Docks
Discharging raw sugar at Alexandra Docks

0-6-4 crane tank locomotive, No 17, Cyclops
Built 1901, withdrawn 1936

Newport Docks, 1950
S.S Lanarkshire loading material for Australia

No 19 (C / D) Shops, c1930
No 19 C and D shops covered both carriage lifting and bogie repairs. 3 men can be seen in this image lift a frame onto a set of wheels with the help of an overhead crane

Swindon Works employees manouvering a wheel set by crane, c. 1940
In this photograph a female crane operator is working alongside two male colleagues, manoeuvring a locomotive wheel set into place

12 Ton 6 Wheeled Travelling Hand Crane
An image of No.207 12 ton 6 wheeled travelling hand crane. The platform attached to the jib head was used for the purpose of examining tunnel roofs

Scammel being loaded with Anderson Air Raid Shelter, West London, 1939
Westbourne Park Yard in April 1939 is the focus of this interesting pre-war image. Parts of Anderson shelters are being unloaded from a line of wagons onto a 3 ton Scammell tractor by a Ransome

Brentford Docks, c1920
Crane unloading timber at the dockside

King George V at Cardiff Docks, 1927
King George Vs boiler being craned at Cardiff Docks, on its way to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Centenary celebrations in America in 1927

Newport Docks, 1936
Electric cranes at South Dock

Newport Docks, 1949
Floating crane discharging a buggy

0-6-4 crane tank locomotive, No 16, Hercules
Built 1921, withdrawn 1936

Newport Docks, 1948
50 ton floating crane lifting railway coach off road vehicle for shipment to Iraqi State Railway. Steam tug " Swansea" can be seen in the foreground

Newport Docks, 1947
S.S Empire Moon discharing timber from New Jersey

Newport Docks, c1940
Shipment of an electric diesel rail car for Australia being loaded onto the MV Stirlingshire. Steam tug " Trusty" can be seen to the right of the image

Newport Docks, c1940s
100 ton floating crane, Simson III, with an ingot buggy from SS Stonegate. Steam tug " Trusty" can be seen to the left of the crane and steam tug " Gwent" to the right

No16, Crane Tank Locomotive, Hercules
0-6-4 crane tank locomotive, built 1921

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