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By GRussell

Titan Crane, Clydebank

On today's walk we visited the site of the former John Brown shipyard in Clydebank where the Titan Crane is situated. The huge area that once formed the shipyard has now been transformed and houses the recently built West College Scotland's Clydebank Campus, Clydebank Leisure Centre, a Business Centre and a current housing development. Extensive new riverside walkways make this an attractive area to spend time.
The information below is from Wikipedia:
Titan Clydebank, more commonly known as the Titan Crane is a 150-foot-high (46 m) cantilever crane at ClydebankWest Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It was designed to be used in the lifting of heavy equipment, such as engines and boilers, during the fitting-out of battleships and ocean liners at the John Brown & Company shipyard. It was also the world's first electrically powered cantilever crane, and the largest crane of its type at the time of its completion.
Situated at the end of a U-shaped fitting out basin, the crane was used to construct some of the largest ships of the 20th century, including the Queen MaryQueen Elizabeth and Queen Elizabeth 2. The Category A Listed historical structure was refurbished in 2007 as a tourist attraction and shipbuilding museum. It is featured on the current Clydesdale Bank £5 note.

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