Waterfront - Control #8

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Control description

Northwest pillar (often enclosed by fence)

About this control - Tripod crane

Tripod crane like this were used throughout the world until the advent of containerised shipping in the 1960s. There were once nine of these cranes on Glasgow Wharf and this one is the last remaining on the waterfront.