A few of my Tower Crane pictures.

[topkit]

It's all clever stuff on the tower cranes i am not sure how often this set up has been used in the UK, i know down at Canary Wharf Select had roof mounted a coupe of Comedil machines right on the top of the concrete cores, i know in Germany the mount them on huge Girders on some jobs.
Iclun The old archive pictures you have are either Richier or Babcock tower cranes, the last one of those that i spotted was down in Dawlish Devon in 1990 it was painted blue and had Costain boards hanging on it. I have been lucky enough to get an original sales brochure on these cranes a while back.

[NRM2]

Heres a few of the crane fully up and running. It is now at full height and only the last piece of spire is now to be put on the building before its topped out

[bigkit]

Wow the crane is more impressive than the building!

[lclun]

It's all clever stuff on the tower cranes i am not sure how often this set up has been used in the UK, i know down at Canary Wharf Select had roof mounted a coupe of Comedil machines right on the top of the concrete cores, i know in Germany the mount them on huge Girders on some jobs.
Iclun The old archive pictures you have are either Richier or Babcock tower cranes, the last one of those that i spotted was down in Dawlish Devon in 1990 it was painted blue and had Costain boards hanging on it. I have been lucky enough to get an original sales brochure on these cranes a while back.

Thanks, but is there any BPR inside the photo?

[NRM2]

To get it down they are going to place a smaller TC on the very tip of the building, then erect a derrick crane to get that one down, then take that down in pieces in the lift.

[lclun]

The only photo I've found from a book: the Simma near my home back in 1989!

[philfavco]

Hi all, here is my tower crane library from Hong Kong:
http://www.fotop.net/lclun/Tower_crane_types

and the attached photo seems to be Richier-Weitz and BPR. Anybody is familiar with them?

Hi all, here is my tower crane library from Hong Kong:
http://www.fotop.net/lclun/Tower_crane_types

and the attached photo seems to be Richier-Weitz and BPR. Anybody is familiar with them?

Hi all, here is my tower crane library from Hong Kong:
http://www.fotop.net/lclun/Tower_crane_types

and the attached photo seems to be Richier-Weitz and BPR. Anybody is familiar with them?

It's all clever stuff on the tower cranes i am not sure how often this set up has been used in the UK, i know down at Canary Wharf Select had roof mounted a coupe of Comedil machines right on the top of the concrete cores, i know in Germany the mount them on huge Girders on some jobs.
Iclun The old archive pictures you have are either Richier or Babcock tower cranes, the last one of those that i spotted was down in Dawlish Devon in 1990 it was painted blue and had Costain boards hanging on it. I have been lucky enough to get an original sales brochure on these cranes a while back.

Thanks, but is there any BPR inside the photo?

philfavco@yahoo.com.au...I have put them up

[philfavco]

Any one got any pictures of the old Babcock cranes you used to see every where 30 years ago? I think the cabs were built into the tower above the slew ring but quite a way under the jib. They would be the same era as the Potain 646 that had the front of the cab opening to gain access.

The Babcocks u climbed through machinery into cab through hole in floor

[philfavco]

I managed to pick up an original Babcock tower crane brochure a few weeks back the last one of those i saw working was back in the early 90's in Dawlish. Potain 646 Now you are talking Falcons had a few of them up to 5 years ago.

I would love a copy of Babcock brochures..I put up many In Australia late 70s early 80s philfavco@yahoo.com.au

[philfavco]

Hi all, here is my tower crane library from Hong Kong:
http://www.fotop.net/lclun/Tower_crane_types

and the attached photo seems to be Richier-Weitz and BPR. Anybody is familiar with them?

Yes I put up 8 or so in Australia