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250 Ton Crane, Old Quay, Runcorn

Introduction

The photograph on this page of 250 Ton Crane, Old Quay, Runcorn by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.

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250 Ton Crane, Old Quay, Runcorn

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 13 Jan 1990

The steam powered 250 Ton Crane at the Manchester Ship Canal Company's Old Quay site. This complex, including the large lock gate repair shed is now shown as cleared. The crane was workable but its boiler has now failed. John Howarth reported seeing it in the Weston Point Docks at Runcorn in 2010.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

Leaflet Map data © OpenStreetMap

Latitude

53.343828

Longitude

-2.728736