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  2. Crane shot - Wikipedia

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    In filmmaking and video production, a crane shot is a shot taken by a camera on a moving crane or jib. Filmmaker D. W. Griffith created the first crane for his 1916 epic film Intolerance , with famed special effects pioneer Eiji Tsuburaya later constructing the first iron camera crane which is still adapted worldwide today.

  3. Crane (machine) - Wikipedia

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    The maximum unsupported height of a tower crane is around 265 ft. [69] For a video of a crane getting taller, see "Crane Building Itself" on YouTube. [ 70 ] For another animation of such a crane in use, see "SAS Tower Construction Simulation" on YouTube. [ 71 ]

  4. Treadwheel crane - Wikipedia

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    It was built in 1667 and formerly stood in the Naval Yard. It was moved to Harwich Green in 1932. The crane has two treadwheels of 16 feet (4.88 m) diameter by 3 feet 10 inches (1.17 m) wide on an axle 13 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (340 mm) diameter. It is the only double wheel treadwheel crane in the United Kingdom. [24] The crane is a Grade II* listed ...

  5. American Crane Corporation - Wikipedia

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    American Crane Corporation is an American manufacturer of construction cranes based in Wilmington, North Carolina. It manufacturers lattice boom crawler cranes with capacities ranging from 50 to 275 tons. The American Crane Corporation was founded in 1882 as the Franklin Manufacturing Company, and in 1892 the name changed to American Hoist ...

  6. List of historical harbour cranes - Wikipedia

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    Built in 1751, it replaced another crane from 1647. A historic monument since 1935, it was damaged in a fire in 1978 but restored. Wood, iron cladding Alter Kranen: Würzburg: Germany Main: 1767–1773 by Franz Neumann, two booms, each with chain and hook Stone Zollkran: Trier: Germany Mosel: 1774, in service until 1900, two booms, one to ...

  7. Mobile crane - Wikipedia

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    Hiab invented the world's first hydraulic truck mounted crane in 1947. [3] The name, Hiab, comes from the commonly used abbreviation of Hydrauliska Industri AB, a company founded in Hudiksvall, Sweden in 1944 by Eric Sundin, a ski manufacturer who saw a way to utilize a truck's engine to power loader cranes through the use of hydraulics.

  8. New York City crane collapse – live: Six injured after crane ...

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    Video shows crane crashing into Manhattan skyscraper after catching fire. 200 firefighters called to scene. 04:45, Oliver O'Connell. More than 200 firefighters responded to the scene of the crane ...

  9. Technocrane - Wikipedia

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    Technocrane is a telescopic camera crane widely utilised in the film industry and in television production. The first Technocrane, invented by Horst Burbulla, revolutionized the world of camera movement for film and television production when it was first introduced to the world in 1983.