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Andrew Betts Brown

Andrew Betts Brown
Diagram of a Hydraulic Crane
Bett Brown’s Hydraulic Crane, at the Albert Dock, Leith
Blackfriars Bridge, London was built with Brown’s newly invented overhead travelling crane
The grave of Andrew Betts Brown, Dean Cemetery

Andrew Betts Brown MICE MINA (1841–1906) was a Scottish engineer and inventor. He invented the hydraulic crane[citation needed] and overhead travelling crane. He founded several companies including the Vauxhall Iron Works, which later evolved into Vauxhall Motors, and the huge British engineering firm Brown Brothers.

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