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Crane: Port Adelaide [B 39318] • Photograph

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Summary

South Australian Harbors Board 15 Ton steam railway crane being converted in 1941, as a war time measure, to a 50 Ton traversing crane at Outer Harbour. According to a researcher, Chambers Scott was a Motherwell engineering firm which built a few steam cranes but this might have been their largest. They failed after a fire in 1926. Two 5' 3" gauge 6w+6w 10T steam railway cranes built by Chambers, Scott were constructed to Job No. 1139/1925 for the South Australian Harbors Board. Local newspaper articles dated Aug 1925 mentions their arrival ( 10t at 15' ) In World War II one was at Adelaide's Outer Harbour, where it had been converted to a 50T (60T in emergencies) traversing crane in 1941, to compensate for the transfer away of the floating crane. It was out of use and partially dismantled in 1968. The other was at Port Pirie in the 1960s; scrapped ca. 1967.

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Physical description

Photograph

Dates / Publication details

1941

Collection

Part of Port Adelaide Collection

Subject

Cranes, derricks, etc. -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide
Railroads -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

17/02/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

6,280 x 4,434 pixels (27.8 MP)

Size

83.56 MB

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