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474°W / 54.158; -4.474 The Douglas Breakwater Crane Railway was a massive self-propelled steam block-setting crane, with a capacity of 15 tons, built...

800 short tons) combined Breakwater Crane Railway self-propelled steam crane that formerly ran the length of the breakwater at Douglas. ran on 10 ft (3...

A block-setting crane is a form of crane. They were used for installing the large stone blocks used to build breakwaters, moles and stone piers. The mid-Victorian...

The two cranes share a common working area. "Tears of Malmö" is the more southern of the two. Big Blue Breakwater Crane Railway Eriksberg Crane Finnieston...

Block-setting cranes were large cranes developed in the mid-Victorian era. They were used for installing the large stone blocks used to build breakwaters and stone...

lasted until at least 1918 Middle Douglas Breakwater Crane Railway Douglas Holiday Camp A construction railway to the Injebreck Reservoir, 3 ft (914 mm)...

eastern end of the island to build the breakwater and the Victorian era forts. Queen Victoria used the railway on three Royal visits to Alderney. On the...

largest barge crane ever used on the U.S. West Coast. Big Blue Breakwater Crane Railway Finnieston Crane Fairbairn steam crane Kockums Crane Mastekranen...

the ULCS container ships. The cruise berth under construction along the breakwater will be able to handle cruise ships. When fully commissioned, it is expected...

different breakwater concepts were applied for the main breakwater: A rubble mound with geo-bag core for the near-shore sections and a composite breakwater for...

Mastekranen (English: The Masting Crane) is an 18th-century masting sheer and present landmark on Holmen in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was designed by architect...

large scale crane manufacture when in 1869 they made a Titan crane for setting 27-ton blocks during construction of the Manora Point breakwater, Karachi...

three minutes. 800 ton crawler cranes mounted on portal crawlers were used to place the dolosse on the rubble mound breakwaters. The portal crawlers were constructed...

plan also included a breakwater that extended in a straight line from Wollongong Headland. There is no evidence that this breakwater was started. In 1837...

New dump car Shifting track by hand Tracks on breakwater The railroads, steam shovels, steam-powered cranes, rock crushers, cement mixers, dredges, and...

Xbloc – Concrete breakwater element KOLOS – Concrete breakwater element Tetrapod – Concrete breakwater element Accropode – Concrete breakwater element "Bastions...

1906, the General Manager of the Barry Railway said, A passenger pontoon was constructed within the breakwaters, at which passenger steamers land or take...

cargo port or artificial harbour, with an outer harbour protected by breakwaters and an inner harbour constructed by dredging, located in the Illawarra...

harbours also used railways of this gauge for construction and maintenance. These included Portland Harbour and Holyhead Breakwater, which used a locomotive...

Guinness World Records as the world's deepest breakwater. The subsequent decision to rebuild the breakwater at a cost of over $650 million was criticised...