2021年3月4日 · The Titan is a 46 m high cantilever crane at Clydebank, in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland – one of 4 cantilever cranes which remain along the River Clyde today. 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.

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.

The Finnieston Crane or Stobcross Crane is a disused giant cantilever crane in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It is no longer operational, but is retained as a symbol of the city's engineering heritage. The crane was used for loading cargo, in particular steam locomotives, onto ships to be exported around the world.

The Greenock crane is located at the James Watt Dock in the east end of the town. It is the only surviving Titan on the south bank of the Clyde. Inaccessible to the public, it stands between a housing estate and the boatyard of James Watt Dock Marina.

2019年5月10日 · Known as the Finnieston Crane, it is one of only four such cranes still standing on the River Clyde, upon which Glasgow is built. They are the cherished symbols of the city's engineering heritage. Shipbuilding was once a huge industry in Scotland, and the heart of this industry was situated on the banks of River Clyde.

2021年3月6日 · Positioned on the River Clyde near the SSE Hydro, the Finnieston Crane is perhaps the most obvious and well-known symbol of the majesty of Glasgow's industrial past and engineering heritage. And...

At Glascoed, the 1960s introduced a gradual development of the filling and assembly processes required during the manufacture of more technically sophisticated ammunitions. The growing hostilities evident in the Cold War also increased the range of work being carried out at Glascoed, which by now included munitions for field guns such as ...

ROF Glascoed (today BAE Systems Munitions Glascoed) was built as a UK government-owned, Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF). It was designed as one of 20 munitions filling factories. It was planned as a permanent ROF with the intention that, unlike some other similar facilities, it would remain open for production after the end of World War II.

2004年8月11日 · A munitions-filling factory was sited at Glascoed in a valley between Pontypool and Usk in Monmouthshire. The site was chosen for its seclusion and sheltered topography surrounded by hills and its damp micro-climate was suited for the handling of explosives.

2004年8月11日 · ROF Glascoed was one of the main places in Britain for manufacturing bombs, depth chargers, etc. The Factory had about 6 sections and each had a canteen but by this time they were brick buildings...