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The American Crane Corporation was founded in 1882 as the Franklin Manufacturing Company, and in 1892 the name changed to American Hoist & Derrick. The company manufacturers terrain cranes, crawler cranes and tower cranes.
Jan 29, 2022 · 1989, February -- American Hoist & Derrick changed its name to Amdura Corporation, after the company was purchased by a group of investors. The company headquarters were moved to Denver, Colorado, where its newly acquired (in December 1988) subsidiary Coast-to-Coast stores was located.
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.
Feb 9, 2010 · 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.
Mar 19, 2018 · It was mobility that for more than three decades propelled the sales of similarly large crawler cranes made in the neighbouring Northern US state of Minnesota, by Manitowoc’s arch rival, the American Hoist & Derrick Company based in St Paul.
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.
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Invention of a first mobile crane, called “Traveling Derrick”, a combination of revolving derrick and a steam hoist mounted on rail-car type wheels. 1895 Builds largest locomotive crane for the US navy with 45 tons lifting capacity.
