Hand Crane on Redcliffe Wharf

HAND CRANE ON REDCLIFFE WHARF, FLOATING HARBOUR

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1025029
Date first listed:
30-Dec-1994
Statutory Address:
HAND CRANE ON REDCLIFFE WHARF, FLOATING HARBOUR
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Date:
1999-10-03
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1025029
Date first listed:
30-Dec-1994
Statutory Address 1:
HAND CRANE ON REDCLIFFE WHARF, FLOATING HARBOUR

Location

Statutory Address:
HAND CRANE ON REDCLIFFE WHARF, FLOATING HARBOUR

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
ST5887072330

Details

BRISTOL

ST5972 FLOATING HARBOUR, Floating Harbour
901-1/42/1299 (South side)
Hand crane on Redcliffe Wharf

GV II

Hand crane. C19. Cast-iron and timber. A rotating hand crane
with gears in a cast-iron frame, and an octagonal boom with
steel bracing. The Floating Harbour was served by small hand
cranes of this type for much of its commercial life, of which
few survive.
(Lord J and Southam J: The Floating Harbour: Bristol: 1983-).


Listing NGR: ST5887072330

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379574
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Lord, J, Southam, J, The Floating Harbour, (1983)

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