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Number and Name	Class	Wheels Gauge	Builder Works No/Year built	Notes/Location
	λ 5t Grabbing Crane	Standard	Thomas Smith /	Pilkington Bros Ltd, Kirk Sandle.  Close © Andrew M Johnson MMXXVI (Thomas Smith /) Representative photo
	λ Grabbing Crane	Standard	Thomas Smith /	Sir Hedworth Williamson's Limestone Quarry.  Close © Andrew M Johnson MMXXVI (Thomas Smith /) Representative photo
	λ Grabbing Crane	Standard	Thomas Smith /	Ramsey Harbour, Isle of Man.  Close © Andrew M Johnson MMXXVI (Thomas Smith /) Representative photo
	λ 2 x 6 ton Electric Grabbing Cranes		Joseph Booth and Bros 3082/1915	Henry Bageiat? and Son, Paris.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 4.5 ton Steam Loco Grabbing Crane	Standard	Joseph Booth and Bros 3510/1921	Fraser and Chalmers, Erith, Kent.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 2 ton Electric Grabbing Crane	5'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 3520/1921	Wardle Engs, Manchester.  Close © Michael Woodhouse MMXXVI (Joseph Booth and Bros 3520/1921) Representative photo
	λ 2 ton Steam Locomotive Grabbing crane	4w Standard	Joseph Booth and Bros 3637/1923	Yorkshire Elec. Barugh Power Station Power Co. ( Priestman double chain grab ).  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 5 ton Fixed Steam Grabbing Crane		Joseph Booth and Bros 3747/1925	Macclesfield Gas Works.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ Fixed Steam grabbing crane		Joseph Booth and Bros 4059/1929	Sherwood Hunter, Penzance.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 2 x 2.5 ton Travelling Steam Grabbing Crane	5'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 4060/1929	Central Argentine Railway Co Ltd.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 2 ton 4 Motor Electric Overhead Grabbing Crane	38'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 4068/1929	Sythetic Ammonia and Nitrates, Billingham.  Close © Bob & Nikki McDonald MMXXVI (Joseph Booth and Bros 4068/1929) Representative photo
	λ 5 ton steam loco grabbing crane	5'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 4107/1929	Central Argentine Rly Co.  Close © Bob & Nikki McDonald MMXXVI (Joseph Booth and Bros 4107/1929) Representative photo
	λ 2 x 4 ton overhead grabbing crane	58'0"	Joseph Booth and Bros 4110/1930	British Ropeways Ltd.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 5 ton steam locomotive grabbing crane and spares	Standard	Joseph Booth and Bros 4149/1931	Admiralty, Chatham.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	Convert one of 4084 5 ton cranes in to fixed grabbing crane on pontoon		Joseph Booth and Bros 4152/1931	Dover Harbour Board.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 7 ton fixed Steam Grabbing Crane		Joseph Booth and Bros 4153/1931	Dover Harbour Board. Cochram Boiler T11112 fitted.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 2.75 ton High Carriage Steam grabbing Crane	7'0"	Joseph Booth and Bros 4163/1931	James Hargreaves and Son (Leeds) Ltd. Clayton Boiler 6556 fitted.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 2.5 ton steam loco grabbing crane with 2 Priestman grabs and chains	5'6"	Joseph Booth and Bros 4176/1932	Yorkshire Hematite Contracting Co, Viaduct Works, Kirkstall Road, Leeds for St Peter's Wharf.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	6 ton Electric Grabbing Crane		Joseph Booth and Bros 4195/1933	Twickenham Gravel Co Ltd, Middlesex.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide
	λ 10 ton Steam Locomotive Grabbing Crane	Standard	Joseph Booth and Bros 4218/1933	South Yorkshire Chemical Works, Parkgate, Rotherham.  Externaly Hosted Image - Graces Guide

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