The Harland and Wolff Cranes are famous cranes!
The cranes were constructed by the German engineering firm Krupp for the ship building firm – Harland and Wolff.
The Harland and Wolff Cranes are named Samson and Goliath and are twin shipbuilding gantry cranes situated at Harland and Wolff at Queen’s Island, Belfast. The cranes were constructed by the German engineering firm Krupp, with Goliath being completed in 1969 and Samson in 1974.
Goliath stands 96m tall, while Samson is taller at 106m.
Harland and Wolff is most famous for having built all of the ships intended for the White Star Line, including the famous RMS Titanic. Other well known ships built by Harland and Wolff include the Titanic’s sister ships, RMS Olympic and RMS Britannic and the Royal Navy’s HMS Belfast, the list goes on…..
Each crane has a span of 140 metres (459 ft) and can lift loads of up to 840 tonnes to a height of 70 metres (230 ft), making a combined lifting capacity of over 1,600 tonnes, one of the largest in the world!
Interestingly, the dry dock under the cranes is the largest in the world, measuring 556 m × 93 m!
Harland & Wolff was formed in 1861 by Edward James Harland (1831–95) and Hamburg-born Gustav Wilhelm Wolff (1834–1913). Harland bought the small shipyard on Queen’s Island in 1858 from his employer Robert Hickson.
Now the beasts remain an icon of industry.
Queen’s Island, Belfast
The Harland and Wolff Cranes are famous cranes!
The cranes were constructed by the German engineering firm Krupp for the ship building firm – Harland and Wolff.
The Harland and Wolff Cranes are named Samson and Goliath and are twin shipbuilding gantry cranes situated at Harland and Wolff at Queen’s Island, Belfast. The cranes were constructed by the German engineering firm Krupp, with Goliath being completed in 1969 and Samson in 1974.
Goliath stands 96m tall, while Samson is taller at 106m.
Harland and Wolff is most famous for having built all of the ships intended for the White Star Line, including the famous RMS Titanic. Other well known ships built by Harland and Wolff include the Titanic’s sister ships, RMS Olympic and RMS Britannic and the Royal Navy’s HMS Belfast, the list goes on…..
Each crane has a span of 140 metres (459 ft) and can lift loads of up to 840 tonnes to a height of 70 metres (230 ft), making a combined lifting capacity of over 1,600 tonnes, one of the largest in the world!
Interestingly, the dry dock under the cranes is the largest in the world, measuring 556 m × 93 m!
Harland & Wolff was formed in 1861 by Edward James Harland (1831–95) and Hamburg-born Gustav Wilhelm Wolff (1834–1913). Harland bought the small shipyard on Queen’s Island in 1858 from his employer Robert Hickson.
Now the beasts remain an icon of industry.
Queen’s Island, Belfast
