Red Bull Wharf Cranes - Church Lawton, Cheshire, UK. - Preserved Machines on Public Display on Waymarking.com

The two canal-side cranes are located at the Red Bull Wharf on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Church Lawton.

Red Bull Wharf is The British Waterways maintenance depot and there are facilities for boat crews.

The wharf cranes are on display by the side of the canal and are freely accessible.

They are typical of the cranes used by the side of canals to lift materials such as coal and flint in and out of narrow boats.

The larger of the two cranes was manufactured by Richard Kitchin, Scotland Bank Iron Works in Warrington. On the crane is an instruction that advises 'not to lift more than 1ton'. (visit link)

The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93.5-mile long canal (150.5 km) in the East Midlands, West Midlands, and north-west of England, from Shadlow to Preston Brook. The first sod was cut by Josiah Wedgwood in July 1766 year Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. The canal was completed in 1777 and included more than 70 locks and five tunnels, with the company headquarters in Stone. (visit link)

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Type of Machine: Canal Wharf Cranes Year the machine was built: Not listed Year the machine was put on display: Not listed Is there online documentation for this machine: Not listed

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