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George Russell & Co., Alpha Works
| Name | George Russell & Co., Alpha Works |
| Ortssitz | Motherwell (Schottl.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Maschinenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Bezeichnet sich als "Engineers, Cranebuilders & Boilermakers" und wirbt für Krane von 1 bis zu 100 tons. 1896: "engineers and manufacturers of Russell's Improved Patent Steam Cranes for all purposes. Hoisting, winding pumping and other engines. Hand cranes, boilers, gearing and general machinery" |
| Quellenangaben | Anzeige (1888) [McLean: Local industries of Glasgow and the west of Scotland (1901) 50] [Lloyd's Register of Shipping 2 (1910/11) 385] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1865 |
Gründung |
| 1867 |
Auszeichnung durch eine Medaille (höchste Auszeichnung) auf der Weltausstellung in Paris |
| 1888 |
Auf der Internationalen Ausstellung in Glasgow wird ein Laufkatzenkran für 20 t und 42 ft. 6 inches (= 12,96 m) Spannweite zur Aufstellung der ausgestellten Maschinen eingesetzt. Er wird durch eine senkrechte Dampfmaschine von Russell angetrieben. |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Dampfkessel |
1888 |
Anzeige |
1888 |
Anzeige |
zumindest senkrechte Kessel, für Dampfwinden und Dampfkräne |
| Dampfkrane |
1888 |
Anzeige |
1901 |
[McLean: Local industries of Glasgow] |
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| Dampfwinden |
1888 |
Anzeige |
1888 |
Anzeige |
mit senkrechten Kesseln und senkrechten Dampfmaschinen |
| Krandampfmaschinen |
1888 |
Anzeige |
1888 |
Anzeige |
für Dampfwinden, Dampfkräne und Laufkatzenkräne |
| Laufkatzenkrane |
1888 |
Anzeige |
1901 |
[McLean: Local industries of Glasgow] |
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| Schiffsdampfmaschinen |
1910 |
[Lloyd's Register of Shipping 2 (1910/11) 385] |
1910 |
[Lloyd's Register of Shipping 2 (1910/11) 385] |
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| Schiffskessel |
1910 |
[Lloyd's Register of Shipping 2 (1910/11) 385] |
1910 |
[Lloyd's Register of Shipping 2 (1910/11) 385] |
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| ZEIT | 1901 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Their principal manufacture has always been cranes of all types and sizes, which have been supplied to harbours and docks in all parts of the world. On the quays of the river Clyde, from Glasgow to Ardrossan, there are upwards of sixty steam travelling cranes, built by this firm, varying in size from three tons at 25 feet to twenty-five tons at 74 feet radius of jib, the latter being twenty-five times the size of the former, so that there is a great range in dimensions and weight. Quite recently they have constructed for the Mersey Dock Board two very notable and powerful cranes. One is at the Cunarder Graving Dock, and is self-propelling, on rails of 25 feet gauge, with a derricking jib 84 feet long. It lifts forty tons at a radius of 78 feet, and is fitted with two pairs of their patent hydraulic double acting engines. Its total weight is three hundred tons. The other crane is afloat, carried on a twin screw barge. It lifts fifty tons at 64 feet radius through a vertical height of 105 feet. The radius of jib is variable from 40 to 75 feet, and it revolves the complete circle.
They have also made for various foreign Governments a number of sets of their patent sheer legs, in which the main screw is inside the back leg. Some of these have been fitted in steamers for lifting guns and heavy material up to sixty tons from the quay or a vessel alongside to the main hold and vice versa. Overhead travelling cranes operated by steam, electricity, or hand power are also designed and constructed in these works. The firm has patented an arrangement of rope driver for overhead cranes, which obviates reverse bends in the rope, lessens the power required, and makes the driving rope last much longer. |
| QUELLE | [McLean: Local industries of Glasgow and the west of Scotland (1901) 50] |
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