Crane 57 Installed in Bath Photos Peter Devrell December 2022
To keep readers in the loop, here is an update of photographs on the installation of crane 57 in Bath December 2022 on the site of the former S&P Newark Works on the South Quays Site, Bath, where it was manufactured and tested about 1864.
The restoration activity to supervise the full assembly was conducted by BAM Construction on behalf of B&NES. When the
South Quays Site is fully open to the public in the spring of 2023 the crane will be a visible reminder of one of the many diverse products of Stothert & Pitt Ltd and a tribute to the many people who worked for the firm until its demise in 1989 and the stone quarrying history of Box. During its working life the crane was used at Pictors Wharf near the Great Western Railway and at
Clift Quarry on Box Hill.
Our congratulations go to the crane team of Peter Dunn, Arthur Feltham, Varian Tye, Mary Sabina Stacey, Tony Wray, Paul Cooper, Nina Pollard, Mike Dodd, Stuart Burroughs and Geoff Wallis. Funding was courtesy of The Bath Stone Quarry Museum Trust, The Association for Industrial Archaeology, The Bristol industrial Archaeological Society, The Cotswolds National Landscape, Hawker Joinery, Stephen Kerrs and Neil Garrett.
South Quays Site is fully open to the public in the spring of 2023 the crane will be a visible reminder of one of the many diverse products of Stothert & Pitt Ltd and a tribute to the many people who worked for the firm until its demise in 1989 and the stone quarrying history of Box. During its working life the crane was used at Pictors Wharf near the Great Western Railway and at
Clift Quarry on Box Hill.
Our congratulations go to the crane team of Peter Dunn, Arthur Feltham, Varian Tye, Mary Sabina Stacey, Tony Wray, Paul Cooper, Nina Pollard, Mike Dodd, Stuart Burroughs and Geoff Wallis. Funding was courtesy of The Bath Stone Quarry Museum Trust, The Association for Industrial Archaeology, The Bristol industrial Archaeological Society, The Cotswolds National Landscape, Hawker Joinery, Stephen Kerrs and Neil Garrett.
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The crane with its rear weighted Balance Box noting the name of Stothert and Pitt ,facing the historic building where it was made (courtesy Varian Tye)