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    Looking Back: Cranes From Around the World Circa 1980s

    Mon June 14, 2021 - National Edition
    HCEA


    The Historical Construction Equipment Association provides a look at Cranes from the 1980's.

    The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) is a 501(c)3

    non-profit organization dedicated to preserving for public education the history

    of the construction, dredging and surface mining equipment industries.

    This story also appears on Crane Equipment Guide.

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    Two truck hydraulic cranes owned by British crane contractor Grayston White & Sparrow carefully pick an airliner fuselage. (Graham Brent Paper, HCEA Archives photo)
    P & H cranes were marketed in Japan through Kobelco. This one is working on a suspension bridge. (Graham Brent Paper, HCEA Archives photo)
    Two cranes, one a 100 ton P & H, owned by Central Cranes Ltd. of Auckland, New Zealand, lift the hull of a Lake Taupo tour boat. (Graham Brent Paper, HCEA Archives photo)
    A Grove RT65S owned by Comate at the start of the Portuguese Grand Prix. (Graham Brent Paper, HCEA Archives photo)
    A Potain tower crane at work during rebuilding of a portion of the Karnak Temple in Egypt. (Graham Brent Paper, HCEA Archives photo)




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