The Douglas Breakwater Crane Railway was a massive self-propelled steam block-setting crane, with a capacity of 15 tons, built by Stothert & Pitt of Bath[1] that ran the length of the original breakwater at Douglas, also used for the loading and unloading of vessels.
A later crane was built by Cowans, Sheldon of Carlisle (capacity 25 tons[which?]; carried on two four-wheel bogies; Works number 9057 of 1948 to Drawing 18087). The crane was owned by the Isle of Man Harbour Board and ran on 10 ft (3,048 mm) gauge.[2]
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^"Hercules the crane working on the Victoria Pier extension, work commenced in 1887 and was completed in 1894 - Photographic Archive - iMuseum". iMuseum - Manx National Heritage. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^Hendry (1993). Rails in the Isle of Man. Cowley, Oxford: Midland Publishing. p. 63. ISBN1857800095. OL 12014160M.
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