Grúa Fairbairn
Grúa Fairbairn is a historic harbor crane that was built by the English company William Fairbairn & Sons from Manchester on behalf of the port administration in the city of Seville in Andalusia between 1874 and 1875.
history
The crane, which was commissioned in 1875, was the most powerful port crane in all of Spain at the time. Grúa Fairbairn was powered by a steam engine, the swiveling jib of 9.5 meters transferred its power to the winch via a five-stage gear reduction and was operated by two men. The total weight was around 60 tons and had a maximum lifting force of 40 tons. In 1905 the crane was moved to another part of the port for rail loading. The Fairbairn crane was in the port of Seville until 2005. The construction costs at that time are mentioned in the documents from 1874 with an amount for freight, foundation and assembly of 106,053.94 Pesetas .
Today the boom with gearbox, but without machine drive, is in the open-air area of the historic port museum in Seville.
Trivia
The patent for this type of crane goes back to 1850, when William Fairbairn patented the tubular riveted construction with a curved boom in England.
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Coordinates: 37 ° 22 ′ 9.7 ″ N , 5 ° 59 ′ 27.9 ″ W.