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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 ...
Jul 16, 2016 · Then came the national oil crisis of the 1980s. American Hoist and Derrick spun off in various directions, with its crane manufacturing and design division landing in Wilmington, N.C., under the ...
Feb 9, 2010 · Year Ended: 1985. Founded by: American Manufacturing Company. Historic Function: Industrial site. Begun as The American Manufacturing Company, the company changed its name to American Hoist and Derrick Company in 1892. American Hoist & Derrick began in 1885, and the company became international in 1905 with the construction of Yokohama Warehouse.
Nov 20, 2023 · In 1954, Hetteen Hoist and Derrick changed the company’s name to Polaris Industries. At about this time, the three men began developing a snow machine. They were looking for a way to bring supplies to camp on the Norwest Angle, the northmost point of Minnesota. The three men worked together to engineer their first machine.
Jan 29, 2022 · The "Amhoist" name first came into use in the early 1960s, matching the change in the company's stock listing, from AmHoist&Derrick (or AmHoist&Der), to the simplified "Amhoist." The stock listings in the Chicago Tribune changed in early April 1962, but the listings in the Minneapolis newspapers, under the heading of "Local Stocks" did not change until February 1965.
Aug 12, 2019 · 1944: Edgar Hetteen establishes his first business, Hetteen Hoist & Derrick in Roseau, Minnesota. The business operates from a building that was once a rural dance hall, the Pine Needle Inn. The structure had been moved into Roseau before Hetteen moved in. 1946: Following his discharge from the Navy, David Johnson joins Edgar as a business partner.
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In June 1883 the company's name changed to The American Manufacturing Company and in 1892 changed its name again to American Hoist & Derrick Company. American started building cranes in 1897. Over 100 years ago, American Hoist & Derrick Company designed and built the first "Steam Powered" locomotive cranes.
