. Cassier's magazine. A SPECIAL form of coal trans-porter is built on the gantrycrane model. The gantry runsalongside the wharf, and serves a gasworks on the other side. In placeof the usual crane, a steam trans-porter is mounted on the gantry, thecarriage way or beam being slopedat an angle of 60 degrees with the verti-cal. The block carriage with its bucketis lowest on the water side, whence itlifts the coal to the skips on the higherlevel on the gas works side. The car-riage is drawn up by wire rope, and coiled round a hoisting drum actuated directlyby the engines alongside the
. Cassier's magazine. A SPECIAL form of coal trans-porter is built on the gantrycrane model. The gantry runsalongside the wharf, and serves a gasworks on the other side. In placeof the usual crane, a steam trans-porter is mounted on the gantry, thecarriage way or beam being slopedat an angle of 60 degrees with the verti-cal. The block carriage with its bucketis lowest on the water side, whence itlifts the coal to the skips on the higherlevel on the gas works side. The car-riage is drawn up by wire rope, and coiled round a hoisting drum actuated directlyby the engines alongside the and travelling are both doneby hand. For many years the Fairbairn cranewas a fixture. The swinging jib, as inthe old standard design, carried downinto a deep pit, fitting in a footstep atthe bottom, and swivelling therein andon a race of rollers at the ground immense sweep of the jib and itsmass,—being solidly plated,—wouldseem to render the idea of slewing it onthe truck of a travelling crane FIG. II.—A 2^-TON STEAM CRANE, ON THE HAMBURG DOCKS. BUILT BY MESSRS. MOHR & FEDERHAFF,MANNHEIM, GERMANY 391 392 CASSIERS MAGAZINE
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