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    Lifting From the Past – Cranes From the Ike Years

    August 3, 2020 - National Edition
    HCEA

    Construction Equipment Guide looks back at cranes from the 1950s.

    This story also appears on Crane Equipment Guide.

    The most prominent crane is an American Hoist & Derrick whirley working on the Whitney Dam on the Brazos River in Texas, circa 1950. (AH&D Catalog 400-R-2 — HCEA photo)
    The most prominent crane is an American Hoist & Derrick whirley working on the Whitney Dam on the Brazos River in Texas, circa 1950. (AH&D Catalog 400-R-2 — HCEA photo)  

    P & H 1015 110-ton crawler crane — 1959 (P & H X-265 — HCEA photo)
    P & H 1015 110-ton crawler crane — 1959 (P & H X-265 — HCEA photo)  

    American Hoist & Derrick locomotive crane with magnet — 1950 (AH&D Catalog 600-L-5 — HCEA photo)
    American Hoist & Derrick locomotive crane with magnet — 1950 (AH&D Catalog 600-L-5 — HCEA photo)  

    American Hoist & Derrick 375 25-ton truck crane — 1953 (AH&D Catalog 700-G-22A — HCEA photo)
    American Hoist & Derrick 375 25-ton truck crane — 1953 (AH&D Catalog 700-G-22A — HCEA photo)  

    R. G. LeTourneau D Roadster Tournapull with EC-7 Tournacrane — 1951 (LeTourneau Form No C-651 — HCEA photo)
    R. G. LeTourneau D Roadster Tournapull with EC-7 Tournacrane — 1951 (LeTourneau Form No C-651 — HCEA photo)  

    An American Hoist & Derrick pedestal-mounted whirley is clamming aggregates from a barge in 1951. (AH&D Catalog GC-2 — HCEA photo)
    An American Hoist & Derrick pedestal-mounted whirley is clamming aggregates from a barge in 1951. (AH&D Catalog GC-2 — HCEA photo)  

    Lima 34 Paymaster crawler crane with 75-ft. boom — 1955 (Lima Bulletin No. 034-G — HCEA photo)
    Lima 34 Paymaster crawler crane with 75-ft. boom — 1955 (Lima Bulletin No. 034-G — HCEA photo)  

    Link-Belt Speeder HC-108A 40-ton Zephyrcrane truck crane — 1958 (Link Belt Book 2769 — HCEA photo)
    Link-Belt Speeder HC-108A 40-ton Zephyrcrane truck crane — 1958 (Link Belt Book 2769 — HCEA photo)  

    (Northwest 6 brochure pages 6 and 7 — HCEA photo)
    (Northwest 6 brochure pages 6 and 7 — HCEA photo)  

    (Northwest 6 brochure pages 6 and 7 — HCEA photo)
    (Northwest 6 brochure pages 6 and 7 — HCEA photo)  

    P & H 105-ATCX truck crane — 1958 (P & H TX-159B — HCEA photo)
    P & H 105-ATCX truck crane — 1958 (P & H TX-159B — HCEA photo)  


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