Adam Hunter
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introduction •
early years •
Sir William Arrol & Co •
cranes, bridges & workshops •
at his peak: 1920s • the 1930s cut short • an appreciation • professional affiliations • selected works • sources
at his peak: 1920s • the 1930s cut short • an appreciation • professional affiliations • selected works • sources
Selected works
| 1886-9 | Apprentice pupil with Tancred, Arrol & Co., Forth Bridge Works, South Queensferry |
| 1889 | Moves to Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd.'s London office (December) |
ENGINEERING ASSISTANT, SIR WILLIAM ARROL & CO LTD
| 1889-95 | Works on steelwork design/erection projects, including Tower Bridge, Brighton & South Coast Railway, Shoreham Viaduct and swing bridges in London docks |
| 1890-93 | Attends evening classes, City of London College |
| 1895 | Promoted to Chief Assistant Engineer |
CHIEF ASSISTANT ENGINEER, SIR WILLIAM ARROL & CO LTD
| 1895 | Working on bridges at Durban, Aberfeldy, Barnstaple, Aldershot and Nittinghsill ... and power stations at Bow and Willesdon (London), a crane at Dalmuir, workshops at Poplar (London) and a bakery in Fulham |
| 1904 | Swale Rolling Lift Bridge, Isle of Sheppey, Kent |
| 1904 | Electric derrick crane (152 tonne), for John Brown & Co, Clydebank (demolished) |
| 1904 |
Working on three Nile bridges in Cairo, Egypt, and the Suakin-Berber Railway in Sudan |
| 1904-05 | Dalginross Bridge, Comrie, Perth & Kinross |
| 1905 | Working on workshops for shipbuildiers Cammell Laird at Tranmere, Birkenhead, and the Caledonian Railway's New Clyde Viaduct, (engineers: Sir John Wolfe Barry, Donald A. Matheson) |
| 1905 |
Working on projects in Ireland: Rosslare Harbour Viaduct and Barras Swing Bridge, Waterford |
1905-06 | Acting Chief Engineer (July 05 to November 06) | 1905-06 | Technical adviser on site for the three Nile bridges (see above) |
| 1905-08 | Jubilee (Walney) Bridge (engineers: Sir Benjamin Baker, A.C. Hurtzig, E.M. Wood) Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria |
| 1906 | Working on workshops for North British Locomotive Co Ltd, Polmadie, and shop erection for Coventry Ordnance Works Ltd, Scotstoun — both in Glasgow |
| 1906 | Working on three railway bridges in Glasgow: King Street Bridge, Nelson Street Bridge and Wallace Street Bridge |
| 1906 | Suir Bridge, Waterford, Ireland |
| 1906-07 | Titan crane for John Brown & Co, Clydebank |
| 1906-07 | Workshops and crane gantry over dock for Yarrow & Co, Glasgow |
| 1906 | Appointed Chief Engineer, works from Arrol headquarters at Dalmarnock Iron Works, Glasgow |
CHIEF ENGINEER, SIR WILLIAM ARROL & CO LTD
| 1907-08 | Working on the reconstruction and widening of London's Blackfriars Bridge |
| 1908 | Working on the Dowie & Co works at Port Siad, Egypt |
| 1909 | Conveyor plant for extracting oil from shale spoil heaps, Addiewell, West Lothian, and cranes and overhead steelwork for a slipway at Harland & Wolff shipyard, Belfast |
| 1909 | Working on the Assiut Barrage Lift Bridge (Assuit, Assyut), Egypt, and a lift bridge and lock gates for Jebel Aulia Barrage, Sudan |
| 1909 | Swing bridges: Forth & Clyde Canal Swing Bridge (Kilbowie, Clydebank), Stockton Heath Swing Bridge (Manchester Ship Canal) and Kings Dock Swing Bridge (Swansea) |
| 1909 | Brunel Way Rolling Lift Bridge, Swansea |
| 1909 | Additional work at Waverley Station and nearby North Bridge, Edinburgh |
| 1909-10 | Two giant cantilever cranes for North Eastern Marine Engineering Co, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear (demolished) |
| 1910 | Appointed Director, Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd |
CHIEF ENGINEER AND DIRECTOR, SIR WILLIAM ARROL & CO LTD
| c1910 | Tapti Railway Bridge, Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Mahashtra, India |
| 1910 | Gate for Alexander Dock, Newport |
| 1911 | 203 tonne giant cantilever crane, Fairfield Shipyard, Glasgow (uprated to 254 tonnes c.1941, demolished 2007) |
| 1911 | Renewal of Howrah Bridge, Calcutta, India |
| 1911 | Roxborough Road Bridge, Limerick, Ireland |
| 1912 | Three giant cantilever cranes ... Portsmith, Rosyth Dockyard and Imperial Japanese Navy Dockyard in Sasebo, Japan |
| 1913 | Charging machines for Vauxhall & Beckton Gasworks, London |
| 1913 | Floating crane, Quebec Docks, Canada |
| 1914 | Royal Naval Oil Terminal, Hoy, Orkney |
| 1915 | 203 tonne giant cantilever crane, Woolwich Arsenal, London |
| 1916 | Keadby Bridge, Lincolnshire |
| 1916 | Tube furnaces, Tsaritsyn (now Volgograd) Gun Works, Russia |
| 1917 | 152 tonne giant cantilever crane, James Watt Dock, Greenock, Inverclyde |
| 1917 | Mekhaleng Bridge, South Africa |
| 1919 | Lock gates, swing bridge, bascule bridge and floating caisson at King George V Dock, London |
| 1919 | Floating caisson at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth |
| c.1920 | Erode Branch Railway bridge, Tamil Nadu, India |
| c.1920 | Manchester Corporation syphon contract |
| 1920 | 152 tonne giant cantilever crane, North British Diesel Engine Works, Glasgow |
| 1920 | Great Western Road Railway Bridge, London |
| 1920-21 | Working on the new Southwark Bridge, London |
| 1920-23 | Working on Barton Power Station, Manchester |
| 1921-28 | Automatic wagon tipper and discharging hopper at Takoradi Harbour, Ghana |
| 1921-32 | Working on Benue Bridge, Nigeria |
| c.1922 | Nabkoi Viaduct, Uganda Railway, Kenya |
| 1923 | Renovation of Argentinian railway bridges at Arenal, Las Conchas and Tania |
| 1923 | Barrow Haven Railway Bridge, Lincolnshire |
| 1923 | Floating caisson at Tilbury Docks, Essex |
| 1924 | Mid Calder Road Bridge, West Lothian |
| 1924 | Offin River Railway Brudge, Ghana |
| 1924 | Ferry Road Railway Bridge, Tilbury, Essex |
| 1924-34 | Temporary accommodation bridge (demolished), for Waterloo Bridge, London |
| 1925 | Gates for ... Methil Harbour Dock (Firth of Forth), Greenwell Drydock Co (Sunderland) and Swansea Docks |
| 1925 | Reconstruction in reinforced concrete of New Holland Pier, Lincolnshire |
| 1925 | 81 tonne floating crane, Hikitia, Wellington Harbour, New Zealand |
| 1925-27 | Queensferry Rolling Lift Bridge, Flintshire |
| 1925-28 | Rolling Lift Bridge No 3, Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
| 1926 | 81 tonne floating crane, Rapaki, Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand |
| 1926 | Prah Railway Bridge, Ghana |
| 1926-27 | Stonebyres Power Station and pipeline, Lanark Hydroelectric Scheme |
| c1927 | Cranes and large pontoon for landing coal at Athens Power Station |
| 1927 |
Tyne Bridge (East Coast Main Line Railway, East Linton, East Lothian), Morhar Bridge (Gaya, India), Carlton Road Bridge (Humberside), Benton Railway Bridge (newcastle upon Tyne), Newport Bridge (Monmouth) |
| 1927-29 | Wearmouth Bridge, Sunderland |
| 1928 | Lock gates at Kidderpore Docks, Calcutta, India |
| 1928 | Forth & Clyde Canal Swing Bridge, Castlecary, Lanarkshire |
| 1928-30 | Boulevard Lift Bridge, Govan, Glasgow (demolished) |
| 1928-31 | Three bridges in Birkenhead: Duke Street Rolling Lift Bridge, Egerton Wharf Rolling Lift Bridge and Tower Road Rolling Lift Bridge |
| 1929 | Lochaber Aluminium Smelter, Fort William, Scotland |
| 1929 | Kingsland Road Railway Bridge, London |
| 1929 | Swing bridge and lock gates for Nag Hammadi Barrage, Egypt |
| 1929 | Caisson for East Usk Pumping Station, Newport, Wales |
| 1929 | Zwartkop River Railway Bridge, Pretoria, South Africa |
| 1929-31 | 254 tonne giant cantilever crane, Walker Shipyard, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| 1930 | Three bridges in Scotland: Balmore Road Lift Bridge (Lambhill, Glasgow), Pollokshaws Road Bridge (Glasgow) and Montrose Road Bridge (Angus) |
| 1930 | Royal Naval Oil Terminal, Hoy, Orkney |
| 1930 | Reconstruction of Carter Bridge, Lagos, Nigeria |
| 1930 | Reconstruction of Ribble Viaduct, North Yorkshire |
| 1930 | Tsoelike Suspension Bridge, Lesotho |
| 1930 | Union Canal Swing Bridge, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd (Nobel Factory), Falkirk |
| 1930-33 | King's Bridge, River Clyde, Glasgow |
| 1931-32 | Two railway bridges at Blantyre, Lanarkshire |
| 1931-32 | Temple Lift Bridge (demolished), Forth & Clyde Canal, Glasgow |
| 1932 | Caledonian Canal swing bridges at Laggan, Aberchalder and Fort Augustus, Highland |
| 1932 | Burntisland Alumina Works, Fife |
| 1932 | Gates for Garvel Dock, Greenock, Inverclyde |
| 1932 | Morley's Bridge over Bridgewater Canal, Astley, Manchester |
| 1932 | Foundations for 178 tonne giant cantilever crane at Stobcross Quay, Glasgow |
| 1932-33 | Townhead Swing Bridge, Forth & Clyde Canal, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire (demolished) |
| 1933 | Steel pipework at Glenlee Hydroelectric Power Station, Galloway |
| 1933 | Reconstruction of Streatham Road Rail Bridge, London |
| 1933 | Chester Road Swing Bridge, Manchester Ship Canal, Warrington |
| 1933 | Cylinders for bridge construction at Mosul Bridge, Iraq |
| 1933 | Dalgrain Swing Bridge (demolished), Forth & Clyde Canal, Grangemouth |
introduction •
early years •
Sir William Arrol & Co •
cranes, bridges & workshops •
at his peak: 1920s • the 1930s cut short • an appreciation • professional affiliations • selected works • sources
at his peak: 1920s • the 1930s cut short • an appreciation • professional affiliations • selected works • sources
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