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1 Glasgow Cranes: the Japanese Connection The Scottish Diaspora Publicnternation l Inventories Strange abundance of cranes Some background - how it all started Some context - what they are and what they do Celebrating the cranes - the Scottish Ten Dr Miles Oglethorpe, Historic Scotland, Conservation Directorate

2 Glasgow Cranes: the Japanese Connection The Scottish Diaspora Publicnternation l Inventories Strange abundance of cranes Some background - how it all started Some context - what they are and what they do Celebrating the cranes - the Scottish Ten Dr Miles Oglethorpe, Historic Scotland, Conservation Directorate

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6 Glasgow Cranes: the Japanese Connection The Scottish Diaspora Publicnternation l Inventories Strange abundance of cranes Some background - how it all started Some context - what they are and what they do Celebrating the cranes - the Scottish Ten Dr Miles Oglethorpe, Historic Scotland, Conservation Directorate

7 Glasgow Cranes: the Japanese Connection The Scottish Diaspora Publicnternation l Inventories Dr Miles Oglethorpe, Historic Scotland, Conservation Directorate

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15 Glasgow s Cranes: an uplifting Public legacy Access and Dat Sharing: Doors Open Day lecture Creating International Inventories Strange abundance of cranes Some background - how it all started Some context - what they are and what they do Celebrating the cranes - the Scottish Ten Dr Brian Newman and Dr Miles Oglethorpe, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, 18th September 2014

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27 Glasgow Cranes: the Japanese Connection The Scottish Diaspora Publicnternation l Inventories Strange abundance of cranes Some background - how it all started Some context - what they are and what they do Celebrating the cranes - the Scottish Ten Dr Miles Oglethorpe, Historic Scotland, Conservation Directorate

28 THE TENTH SCOTTISH TEN SITE: JAPAN The Giant Cantilever Crane, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard, Nagasaki Harbour, Kyushu, Japan

29 THE TENTH SCOTTISH TEN SITE: JAPAN The Giant Cantilever Crane, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard, Nagasaki Harbour, Kyushu, Japan

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32 The Tenth Scottish Ten Site The 10 th Scottish Ten site is based in Nagasaki Its most significant element is a Giant Cantilever Crane designed and built in Scotland and erected for Mitsubishi in 1909 The crane is still in use today Also to be surveyed is Kosuge Dock, built in 1868 using equipment imported from Scotland A third part of the digital documentation will be Hashima Island, a spectacular off-shore coalmining island

33 Two other sites in Nagasaki with strong Scottish links. These include Kosuge Dock, which was installed by the Scottish Samurai, Thomas Blake Glover, in 1868 using equipment sourced in Aberdeen

34 Hashima Island, also known as Gunkanjima because of its battleship shape. This is a coalmining island in the sea off Nagasaki which owes its origins to Thomas Blake Glover s early coal mining business

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37 THE TENTH SCOTTISH TEN SITE: JAPAN The Giant Cantilever Crane, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard, Nagasaki Harbour, Kyushu, Japan

38 THE TENTH SCOTTISH TEN SITE: JAPAN The Giant Cantilever Crane, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard, Nagasaki Harbour, Kyushu, Japan

39 THE TENTH SCOTTISH TEN SITE: JAPAN The Giant Cantilever Crane, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard, Nagasaki Harbour, Kyushu, Japan

40 THE TENTH SCOTTISH TEN SITE: JAPAN The Giant Cantilever Crane, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard, Nagasaki Harbour, Kyushu, Japan

41 THE TENTH SCOTTISH TEN SITE: JAPAN The Giant Cantilever Crane, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard, Nagasaki Harbour, Kyushu, Japan

42 THE TENTH SCOTTISH TEN SITE: JAPAN The Giant Cantilever Crane, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard, Nagasaki Harbour, Kyushu, Japan

43 THE TENTH SCOTTISH TEN SITE: JAPAN The Giant Cantilever Crane, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard, Nagasaki Harbour, Kyushu, Japan

44 THE TENTH SCOTTISH TEN SITE: JAPAN The Giant Cantilever Crane, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard, Nagasaki Harbour, Kyushu, Japan

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