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Samson is a historic travelling crane and dock facility located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, dating from the late nineteenth century. The structure exemplifies Victorian-era industrial engineering and served as a crucial component of Belfast's shipbuilding and engineering infrastructure during its period of maximum industrial expansion. The crane's design and construction reflect the technological advances in heavy lifting equipment that characterised the era, enabling the handling of large components essential to shipbuilding operations. As a surviving example of Belfast's maritime and industrial heritage, Samson represents the physical infrastructure that supported the city's prominence as a major centre of shipbuilding and heavy industry in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Samson. travelling crane & building dock - samson is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6276. View the official record →
Samson is a historic travelling crane and dock facility located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, dating from the late nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6276.
Samson. travelling crane & building dock - samson dates from the modern period, and is classified as a crane and dock. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Samson. travelling crane & building dock - samson is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 6276.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brick chimney stack (ihr no.10149) (4 km), Barrow (5.2 km), Rath (5.3 km).
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