The Titan Crane , Scotland

Titan Clydebank is a 46 metre high cantilever crane, built in 1907 in Clydebank, Scotland. It was designed to be used in the lifting of heavy equipment, such as engines and boilers, during the fitting-out of battleships and ocean liners at the John Brown & Company shipyard, then the biggest shipbuilding group in the world. It is now a tourist attraction.

Titan was completed in 1907 at a cost of £24,600 by engineering company Sir William Arrol & Co.

In the late 1960s, the yard was incorporated into Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, which collapsed in 1971. The yard was then bought from the receivers by the Marathon Manufacturing Company for oil rig construction. In 1980 they sold it to the French company Union Industrielle et d’Entreprise who closed the yard in 2001 and earmarked the site for redevelopment.

In 1988 the crane was declared a Category A Listed historical structure. The urban regeneration company Clydebank Re-Built started a £3m restoration project in 2005, and the crane opened to the public in time for its 100th anniversary in 2007.

The Clydebank Titan Crane stands 150ft tall, weighs 800tons, has foundations set approximately 80 feet deep.

Opening Times

23rd April until 3th October

Each Fri, Sat, Sun & Mon from 10 am until 4:00pm (last admission 3.30pm) Open every day in July and August

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Ticket Prices

Adult: £4.95
Concession: £3.50
Family: £13.50

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Disabled Facilities

The bus is fully wheelchair accessible, but please advise if there is more than one wheelchair user in your party. There are fully accessible toilet facilities at both the ticket office and the Crane.

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