Titan Clydebank

It was designed to be used in the lifting of heavy equipment, such as engines and boilers, during the fitting-out of battleships and ocean liners at the John Brown & Company shipyard.

The shipyard at Clydebank was created in 1871 after the company James & George Thomson moved from the Govan Graving Docks [de].

[11] The raids, involving 260 Luftwaffe bombers on the first night and 200 on the second, targeted the industry of Clydeside, but the Titan Crane was undamaged.

[13] The general elections in 1970 saw a change of government, and funding for the yard was withheld, resulting in the closure of John Brown's.

[3] The urban regeneration company Clydebank Re-Built started a £3.75M restoration project in 2005, and the crane opened to the public in August 2007.

[17] A lift for visitors to ascend to the jib and an emergency evacuation stair were installed, along with a wire mesh around the viewing area and floodlights to illuminate the crane at night.

The Titan used a fixed counterweight and electrically operated hoists all mounted on a rotated beam, making it faster and more responsive than its steam-powered predecessors.

[21] For the restoration of the structure, recognition was accorded by Chicago Athenaeum Award for Architecture in 2008 and by the Civic Trust in 2009.