Stothert & Pitt crane photographed in Portsmouth on 27 October 2015.
Although this crane and the associated docks now form part of the Gunwharf Quay shopping centre they were originally part of HMS Vernon the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch which occupied this site from the end of the First World War until 1996.
Although this crane and the associated docks now form part of the Gunwharf Quay shopping centre they were originally part of HMS Vernon the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch which occupied this site from the end of the First World War until 1996.
Stothert & Pitt were founded in Bath in 1785 by George Stothert after taking over an Ironmongery business. As an agent for Abraham Darby's Coalbrookdale Iron Company George sold all kinds of domestic ironmongery but by 1815 he had set up his own foundry .They became Stothert and Pitt in 1844 when Robert Pitt joined the business and in 1851 they exhibited a hand crane at the Great Exhibition.
The Company supplied electric powered cranes to the Southampton Dock Authority in 1892 and developed the first bulk handling cranes in 1927.
During the second World War they built tanks and miniature submarines.
The Company supplied electric powered cranes to the Southampton Dock Authority in 1892 and developed the first bulk handling cranes in 1927.
During the second World War they built tanks and miniature submarines.
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