{"id":340,"date":"2010-03-14T21:08:40","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T21:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=340"},"modified":"2013-11-17T00:00:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T00:00:25","slug":"king-george-v-crane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/high-places\/king-george-v-crane\/","title":{"rendered":"James Watt Dock Crane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are four giant cantilever cranes left on the Clyde &#8211; the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=168\" target=\"_self\">Finnieston<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=45\" target=\"_self\">Barclay Curle<\/a>, John Brown, and this one &#8211; the James Watt dock in Greenock. The latter three were all made by Sir William Arrol &amp; Co. Ltd. &#8211; this is a picture of the James Watt crane from a 1927 Arrols catalogue:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4404043839\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4005\/4404043839_d061e7a701_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And this is the crane now:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4431862438\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4053\/4431862438_3a11f478ec_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4431867934\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2786\/4431867934_c8f0de9257_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4431872360\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4052\/4431872360_f4a3a554df_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4431105691\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2786\/4431105691_ca9f5497b1_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4431124769\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4044\/4431124769_826d4cc733_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4431128299\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2758\/4431128299_a59bc8f5ec_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4431131577\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2736\/4431131577_a55c451123_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/sets\/72157623492197723\/show\/\" target=\"_blank\">full-screen slideshow<\/a>, or browse the full image collection:<\/p>\n<p>[flickr-gallery mode=&#8221;photoset&#8221; photoset=&#8221;72157623492197723&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are four giant cantilever cranes left on the Clyde &#8211; the Finnieston, Barclay Curle, John Brown, and this one &#8211; the James Watt dock in Greenock. The latter three were all made by Sir William Arrol &amp; Co. 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