The Titan Crane at Finnieston (adjacent to the SEC complex) is one of four Titan cranes which have been preserved on the Clyde out of the numerous cranes which used to be seen on the Clyde. The Titans were the biggest!
The Finnieston crane was used to load newly produced railway engines onto ships for shipping worldwide.
If you look further down the river, you will see another Titan crane which was situated at the Barclay, Curle & Co. Clydeholm Yard at Whiteinch. In 1912, Barclay, Curle & Co. built a ship called the Jutlandia, for the East Asiatic Company, a Danish business with headquarters in Copenhagen. Two sister ships were built in Denmark at the same time (the first was Selandia). These three were the first large sea-going ships in the world to have diesel engines.
Rudolf Diesel , a German, patented his engine in 1892. Almost immediately the Glasgow shipbuilders negotiated a licence and by 1914 had the first works in the world for building large marine Diesel engines.
The Titan Cranes - https://gbarr.info/2011/06/01/and-the-there-were-four-titan-cranes-of-the-clyde/
Finnieston Crane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnieston_Crane
Whiteinch Crane at Barclay Curle Clydeholm Yard
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/glasgow-river-clyde-titan-crane-18143036
Further down at the Scotstoun yard is now the home of the Glasgow Wood Recycling centre which is an interesting place .. Brief History of the Barclay Curle Complex | Glasgow Wood Recycling
Other ships built on the Clyde can be searched here ... for example the VITKOVICE built for Prague also at the Barclay Curle yard: Motor Vessel VITKOVICE built by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. in 1966 for Czechoslovak Ocean Shipping, Prague. , Bulk Carrier (clydeships.co.uk)
Photo of the Jutlandia here: http://thethingsienjoy.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-jutlandia-one-of-first-ocean-going.html
Ship Launched 11/11/1911 - Jutlandia handed over May 1912
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barclay_Curle
https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSE00083&t=2
In 1911, Harland and Wolf had the UK licence for manufacture of a certain type of diesel engine - also exports here of diesel engines to France, Spain etc mentioned https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Harland_and_Wolff
DIESEL ENGINES - three members of Mirrlees Watson visiting Rudolf Diesel in Germany in 1896. The first engine was completed in November 1897. This was the third diesel engine in the world and after extensive testing by Professor Watkinson of the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, it was used on the company's premises and can now be seen in the Anson Engine Museum.
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Mirrlees_Watson_Co
Photos: J. Wilson (2011)
Map Reference: Eurowalk 2: Along the Clyde
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