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New Landmark on Tyneside

Series

Series Name
Babcock Review

Issue

Issue No.
2
Date Released
1955
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Career with a Future
  2. 2New Landmark on Tyneside
  3. 3The Drums of Donington

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: This item describes the erection of a 30-ton Babcock level-luffing jib crane at the Neptune shipyard of Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Newcastle-on-Tyne, this being one of the tallest cranes in this famous shipbuilding centre. A floating crane lifts the machinery house and then the massive jib into position, a job made tricky by a high wind, and finally the crane is seen in operation - a new and prominent landmark on the Tyneside skyline.
Researcher Comments
This story was made as part of Home and Away issue 4.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Industry and manufacture; Engineering
Written sources
Synopses of the Babcock Film Magazines booklet   p15. Used for synopsis
Credits:
Sponsor
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.
Producer
Cyril Randell
Director
Derrick Knight
Production Co.
Technical & Scientific Films Ltd.
Editor
Terence Twigg

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