Breakwater Crane Railway

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The original 1888 crane

The Douglas Breakwater Crane Railway was a massive self-propelled steam block-setting crane, with a capacity of 15 tons, built by Stothert & Pitt of Bath[1] that ran the length of the original breakwater at Douglas, also used for the loading and unloading of vessels.

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