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Concept

Cranes, derricks, etc.

Images

  • Engineering: four kinds of crane. Engraving.
  • Birkenhead Ferry, opposite Liverpool: dockside scene with men working near a crane. Engraving by J. Davies, 1831, after C. and G. Pyne.
  • Civil engineering: a moveable derrick at Ramsgate Harbour, Kent, seen in plan. Engraving by Mutlow.
  • Royal Infirmary, Glasgow: demolition of the Lister Ward. Etching by W.C. Applebey, 1924.
  • The Wellcome Research Institution building, Euston Road, London: frontage during final stages of construction by Trollope & Colls, 1931. Photograph.

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    Civil engineering: a moveable crane at Ramsgate Harbour, Kent, seen in side elevation. Engraving by Mutlow.

    | Reference: 45441i
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    Fairbairn's wrought iron tubular crane.

    | Date: January 31st 1852 | Reference: 46114i
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    Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich Arsenal, London: a radial overhead crane for carrying heavy artillery pieces in different sectors of the factory. Lithograph by G. Clausen, 1917.

    Clausen, George, 1852-1944. | Date: 1917 | Reference: 578771i
    Part of: Great War: Britain's efforts and ideals
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    Rudimentary treatise on the construction of cranes, and machinery for raising heavy bodies, for the erection of buildings, and for hoisting goods / By Joseph Glynn.

    Glynn, Joseph, 1799-1863. | Date: 1849
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    Royal Infirmary, Glasgow: demolition of the Lister Ward. Etching by W.C. Applebey, 1924.

    Applebey, Wilfred C., active 1924. | Date: 1924 | Reference: 17826i

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