Finneston Crane, Glasgow

In the Crowne Plaza hotel down by the River Clyde for our Directorate Day, where we were advised that we are being restructured again, but the truth be told, it looks as if it might be an ok restructure and good for the future of our organisation ... 30 days of consultation ahead!

After the day finished I walked back along the riverside where I blipped the Finneston Crane, which remains from the River Clyde's proud maritime past.

The crane was commissioned in 1926 by the Clyde Navigation Trust, the operators of the port and dock facilities in Glasgow. It was completed in 1932 with the tower built by Cowans, Sheldon & Company of Carlisle and the cantilever by the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company.

It is situated at the Stobcross Quay on the north bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, and cost a total of £52,351. It is officially known as the Stobcross Crane (or, to the navigation trust as Clyde Navigation Trustees crane #7), but its proximity to Finnieston Quay, and the fact that it was intended to replace the previous Finnieston Crane, has led to its being popularly known as the Finnieston Crane. It is a giant-cantilever crane, measuring 50.24metres (165 ft) tall with a 77 metre (253 ft) cantilever jib . It has a lifting capacity of 175 tons.