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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 2198
Type of record:Monument
Name:Former site of a Crane, Granville Dock, Dover

Summary

The site of a crane is labelled on historic OS plans dating to the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries on ground boardering Granville Dock, Dover. Though it's type is unknown, a surviving contemporary example located on Wellington Dock is a Fairburn Type Crane. By the time the Fourth Edition OS was surveyed, the crane had been removed.

Grid Reference:TR 3172 4077
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • CRANE (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1897 AD? to 1929 AD?)

Full description

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The site of a crane is labelled on historic OS plans dating to the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries on ground boardering Granville Dock, Dover. Though it's type is unknown, a surviving contemporary example located on Wellington Dock is a Fairburn Type Crane. By the time the Fourth Edition OS was surveyed, the crane had been removed. (1-3)


<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

<2> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

<3> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYMap: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2. [Mapped feature: #99620 crane, ]
<2>Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3.
<3>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4.

Related records

TR 34 SW 1527Part of: Granville Dock and associated structures, Dover Western Docks. (Monument)