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GWR Routes: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Routes: North Warwickshire Line
Moor Street Station: gwrms1219
View of the Babcock & Wilcox walking crane utilised in
shed 'A' which with its 30 foot jib and ability to travel around the 'U' shaped
platform allowed it to service both rail and road within the shed. The crane
was kept in place by two rails, one on the floor which had to take the vertical
load of both crane and load and one acting as a guide fixed to the ceiling
which was to counter the turning motion when under load. Whereas Babcock &
Wilcox made the crane and top guide with three conductor rails, the motors were
provided by Messrs Harding Churton & Company and the controllers by Messrs
Allen West.
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