"Grangemouth Docks. One of the Coal Hoists"

Maker
Unknown
Production date
Pre May 1907
 Description
View of the SS Kent at the quayside next to a coal hoist. Rail sidings run parallel to the quayside. There are also elevated tracks running at right angles from the coal hoist. The coal chute is stored pointing upwards.
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Maker
Production date
Pre May 1907
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Subject place
Grangemouth Docks/Grangemouth area
Subject notes
The coal hoist was newly installed. It was hydraulic and could lift 32 tonnes, raising a coal wagon 16 metres above rail level so that coal could be tipped into the largest vessel. It could empty 50 wagons per hour and the empty wagons ran down the elevated road to be formed into trains.

FROM GRANGEMOUTH HARBOUR AND DOCKS(A10.142)
Accession number
P14435

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