Steam-crane / model

Description

Model of the 50 ton malleable iron steam-crane at the Albert Dock, Leith, the original designed and constructed by James Taylor and Co. of Birkenhead in 1869, scale 1:16, made in the museum workshop in 1869

Museum reference

T.1871.49.1

Collection

Industry and Commerce

Object name

Steam-crane / model

Production information

Industrial Museum of Scotland, Modelmaker
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1869

Materials

Metal, Iron, Paint, Wood, Stone

Associations

Designer and builder of original steam-crane: Messrs James Taylor and Co., Birkenhead
Leith (Albert Dock), Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe