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Titan Clydebank

1907 establishments in ScotlandBuildings and structures completed in 1907Category A listed buildings in West DunbartonshireClydebankCranes on the River Clyde
Historic Civil Engineering LandmarksIndividual cranes (machines)Industry museums in ScotlandMuseums in West DunbartonshireShipyard cranesTechnology museums in the United KingdomUse British English from September 2017
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Clydebank Titan Crane geograph.org.uk 1069892

Titan Clydebank, more commonly known as the Titan Crane is a 150-foot-high (46 m) cantilever crane at Clydebank, West 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 Mary, Queen 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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G81 1DZ , Kilbowie
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