Titan Clydebank
Titan Clydebank, more commonly known as the Titan Crane is a 161-foot-high cantilever crane at Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. 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.Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Cantilever crane at Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Titan Crane”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Clydebank railway station and Clydebank Museum.
Clydebank railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clydebank railway station is a railway station serving the town of Clydebank in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located on the Argyle Line and the North Clyde Line. Passenger services are operated by ScotRail. Clydebank railway station is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Titan Clydebank.
Clydebank Museum
Museum
Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clydebank Museum in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland was opened in 1980 in the Clydebank Town Hall, and is operated by West Dunbartonshire Council. Clydebank Museum is situated 1,300 feet north of Titan Clydebank.
Clydebank, Argyll Road, Abbotsford Parish Church
Church
Photo: Mark Nightingale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clydebank, Argyll Road, Abbotsford Parish Church is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Titan Clydebank.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clydebank and Inchinnan.
Clydebank
Town
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick to the west, and the Yoker and Drumchapel areas of the adjacent City of Glasgow immediately to the east.
Inchinnan
Village
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inchinnan is a small village in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The village is located on the main A8 road between Renfrew and Greenock, just south east of the town of Erskine.
Yoker
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yoker is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, located on the northern bank of the Clyde east of Clydebank, 5 miles west of the city centre. The name is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Eochair meaning a river bank.
Titan Clydebank
- Categories: harbour crane, building, and tourism
- Location: West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.89733° or 55° 53′ 50″ northLongitude
-4.40869° or 4° 24′ 31″ westHeight
151 feet (46 metres)Open location code
9C7QVHWR+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 236092318OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7809742
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Titan Clydebank” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Titan Clydebank”
- German: “Titan Clydebank”
- Japanese: “タイタン・クライドバンク”
- Portuguese: “Titan Clydebank”
- Spanish: “Titan Clydebank”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include West College Scotland - Clydebank Campus and Clydebank Leisure Centre.
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