Type of machine specialised in lifting objects

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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.

The Wellcome Research Institution building, Euston Road, London: frontage during final stages of construction by Trollope & Colls, 1931. Photograph.

Machines: a steam-driven crane at Woolwich Arsenal. Engraving, c.1858.

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

Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich Arsenal, London: workers in the factory lifting a metal gun barrel with a crane. Lithograph by G. Clausen, 1917.

Bottles labelled with humorous quotations comparing healthy lifestyle with excessive drinking; representing consequences of alcohol abuse. Colour lithograph by Pekárek, 1952.

Machines: a steam-driven crane, side and rear elevation. Engraving, c.1861.

Chimneys showing the fireplace aperture, fire bricks and a crane. Engraving by D. Lizars.

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.

The Wellcome Research Institution's building, Euston Road, London: east side covered in scaffolding during construction by Trollope & Colls, 1931. Photograph.

Fairbairn's wrought iron tubular crane.

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.

Royal Infirmary, Glasgow: demolition of the Lister Ward. Etching by W.C. Applebey, 1924.

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Cranes, derricks, etc.

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cranes, derricks, etc.

Works from the collections

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

Fairbairn's wrought iron tubular crane.

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.

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.

Royal Infirmary, Glasgow: demolition of the Lister Ward. Etching by W.C. Applebey, 1924.

Cranes, derricks, etc.

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cranes, derricks, etc.

Works from the collections

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

Fairbairn's wrought iron tubular crane.

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.

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.

Royal Infirmary, Glasgow: demolition of the Lister Ward. Etching by W.C. Applebey, 1924.

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