Description

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA12NW HEDON ROAD
680-1/9/151 (South side (off))
16/05/89 100 ton steam crane at Alexandra
Dock

II*

Steam crane. 1886, disused from c1980. By James Taylor & Co.,
Engineers, of Birkenhead. Iron and ashlar. Square ashlar base
with stone steps on the east side, with wrought-iron handrail
and balustrade. Triangular steel cabin mounted on roller
track, with 2 doorways with wooden sliding doors, and glazed
cab to front. Jib with double tubular booms and strutted stays
above, attached to the triangular main frame. At the rear,
square boiler enclosure with rounded end, segmental roof and
tubular flue. INTERIOR has cast-iron structure with horizontal
twin cylinder hoist engine and similar vertical luffing engine
with worm drive. Vertical boiler at rear. Built to serve ships
using the Alexandra Dock (qv).

Listing NGR: TA1279128992

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553616

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)