{"id":431,"date":"2010-06-20T10:02:40","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T10:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=431"},"modified":"2013-11-16T23:53:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T23:53:23","slug":"john-browns-crane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/high-places\/john-browns-crane\/","title":{"rendered":"John Brown&#8217;s Crane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4421351987\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4052\/4421351987_14ebb81f75_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Brown&#8217;s Giant Cantilever crane is one of four on the Clyde &#8211; the others are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=168\">Finnieston<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=45\">Barclay Curle<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=340\">King George V<\/a> in Greenock. Built by Sir William Arrol, this is the only one that&#8217;s being properly preserved &#8211; a good thing, even though that means fitting a lift for visitors and lots of multi-coloured lights&#8230;<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4421354661\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2719\/4421354661_fa57dfd987_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A ship heading upriver, probably to collect scrap from Diesel Wharf next to the Barclay Curle crane.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4422124792\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2777\/4422124792_7b93a902b7_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4421362111\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4035\/4421362111_5e97ff377e_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4422131378\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4072\/4422131378_8aed4a019d_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4421368503\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4070\/4421368503_eac67e9cc4_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4422139402\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4044\/4422139402_434a496c45_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4422142686\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4046\/4422142686_60ae3244b8_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4422154304\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4020\/4422154304_3ec564491a_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4421391793\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2728\/4421391793_2be1876450_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4422161016\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4061\/4422161016_2ac7712b2c_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4421398033\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2801\/4421398033_6a4c06e9fc_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Brown&#8217;s Giant Cantilever crane is one of four on the Clyde &#8211; the others are Finnieston, Barclay Curle, and the King George V in Greenock. 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