Bristol Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/bristol/ Mechanically-minded travel Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:03:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Fairbairn Steam crane on Bristol docks https://mechtraveller.com/2016/08/fairbairn-steam-crame-bristol-docks/ https://mechtraveller.com/2016/08/fairbairn-steam-crame-bristol-docks/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:12:57 +0000 http://mechtraveller.com/?p=1694 The Fairburn steam crane, named after its designer William Fairbairn, is a masterpiece of engineering. It was built in Bristol docks in 1878 to lift heavy loads (up to 35 tons), which it did for 95 years. It has now been restored and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the care of Mshed.org who it […]

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