BenCooper wrote:Oh, this is from an Arrol's catalogue - isn't it lovely?
Came across this plan, showing the location and a description of the Temperley crane in book describing part of a new process at Dawsholm. If you can’t make it out, its location is shown by the large circle which is below and to the right of the three gas holders which are in a diagonal line.
“Existing plant consisted of two lines of railway, over one of which was a coke gantry carrying two travelling cranes and an Arrol’s Temperley transporter crane erected during the War (1stWW), which was used for stocking coke around its base. Fortunately it is of considerable height and commands an area 200ft in diameter. Continuous coke, leaving the retorts in a quenched condition and received in skips resting on bogies running on rails, could be easily handled by the Temperley crane but this would not be available when taking the coal from stock, nor would it be advisable to depend on one method for handling so much coke , delivered at short intervals, day and night. Handling by the Temperley was therefore regarded as an emergency measure. “
It's a strange beast and I don't know if I would be wanting to put all those bending loads on it's brick tower, unless it is just a brick skirt to protect a steel tower inside from the surounding coke stoke pile.
I’m not sure I fully understand how it was used but from this description and Ben’s, it seems to have been able to move coke around the stockpile at its base or receive freshly quenched coke in a skip and move it to the stockpile.