Intro
Boomstick84 spotted these and we decided to give it a go. They're really easy to do and definitely something quite different. Managed to get inside and have a wander about as well. Really interesting slice of Industry! The dock cranes are clearly unused now and only pigeons frequent them.
Had a little wander up here with Stewie and Boomstick after annoying residents in a few local blocks.
Had cans, watched drunk people, went home.
History
Oddly enough there isn't any individual history on these cranes, neither can I find any model of any sort so if anyone can help or I find something in the mean time Ill surely add it in. So:
Who are Stothert and Pitt?
Stothert and Pitt were a British engineering company founded in 1785 in Bath, England. They were the builders of a variety of engineering products ranging from Dock Cranes to construction plant and household Cast iron items. They went out of business in 1989. The name and intellectual property became part of Clarke Chapman.
Pictures
Few pic innit
North side
South side and cab
The cab
Inside the plant/engine room
Look at that knee photobomb
Up top
Jibbbb, No I didn't, wanted to soooo bad but some drunk Russians were kinda just staring at us...
...So we got down, only to meet them at the bottom and they were pretty excited about climbing it themselves without any sort of stealth, so we got to a safe distance and watched, which was pretty fun really.
Rotating gear
Stewieeeeeeee
Cheeeeeeeeeeeeers
Boomstick84 spotted these and we decided to give it a go. They're really easy to do and definitely something quite different. Managed to get inside and have a wander about as well. Really interesting slice of Industry! The dock cranes are clearly unused now and only pigeons frequent them.
Had a little wander up here with Stewie and Boomstick after annoying residents in a few local blocks.
Had cans, watched drunk people, went home.
History
Oddly enough there isn't any individual history on these cranes, neither can I find any model of any sort so if anyone can help or I find something in the mean time Ill surely add it in. So:
Who are Stothert and Pitt?
Stothert and Pitt were a British engineering company founded in 1785 in Bath, England. They were the builders of a variety of engineering products ranging from Dock Cranes to construction plant and household Cast iron items. They went out of business in 1989. The name and intellectual property became part of Clarke Chapman.
Pictures
Few pic innit
North side
South side and cab
The cab
Inside the plant/engine room
Look at that knee photobomb
Up top
Jibbbb, No I didn't, wanted to soooo bad but some drunk Russians were kinda just staring at us...
...So we got down, only to meet them at the bottom and they were pretty excited about climbing it themselves without any sort of stealth, so we got to a safe distance and watched, which was pretty fun really.
Rotating gear
Stewieeeeeeee
Cheeeeeeeeeeeeers
