{"id":168,"date":"2009-01-18T18:59:40","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T18:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=168"},"modified":"2013-11-17T22:28:46","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T22:28:46","slug":"finnieston-crane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/high-places\/finnieston-crane\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnieston Crane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Finnieston Crane is a Glasgow icon &#8211; the giant cantilever crane was used for fitting boilers into shops and loading large cargos, including locomotives. Now it stands disused in the middle of modern dockside redevelopment, appearing behind the presenter on the nightly news, but rarely visited.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Finnieston Crane (by Ben Cooper)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/2229512884\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Finnieston Crane (by Ben Cooper)\" alt=\"Finnieston Crane (by Ben Cooper)\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2018\/2229512884_95c7b11c83_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Climbed with a friend, this was a bit of a struggle, but well worth it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Steel girders at night... (by Ben Cooper)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3207155417\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Steel girders at night... (by Ben Cooper)\" alt=\"Steel girders at night... (by Ben Cooper)\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3428\/3207155417_9ef14c5051_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A typical Clyde at Night scene... (by Ben Cooper)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3207171599\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A typical Clyde at Night scene... (by Ben Cooper)\" alt=\"A typical Clyde at Night scene... (by Ben Cooper)\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3508\/3207171599_563933c595_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"On top of the Finnieston Crane (by Ben Cooper)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3208032434\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"On top of the Finnieston Crane (by Ben Cooper)\" alt=\"On top of the Finnieston Crane (by Ben Cooper)\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3312\/3208032434_08049365a9_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"From the end of the crane jib... (by Ben Cooper)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3208040778\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"From the end of the crane jib... (by Ben Cooper)\" alt=\"From the end of the crane jib... 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