Crane At Rotton Park Loop Canal Maintenance Yard

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

ICKNIELD PORT ROAD SP 08 NW 997-0/6/58 Crane at Rotton Park Loop Canal Maintenance Yard GV II

Crane on canal maintenance yard. Circa late C19. Cast-iron hand-powered crane with geared drum on revolving poet and circa 5 metre long tubular jib with iron-rod stays. The crane is fixed on top of a circular brick plinth on the edge of the canal, south east of the Superintendent's office (qv).

Note: Rotton Park Loop was originally part of James Brindley's 1768 Birmingham Canal, improved by Thomas Telford. in circa 1827.



Listing NGR: SP0464787010

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0616 IOE Records taken by Geoff Dowling; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Geoff Dowling. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project