During World War II, the Austin-Western Road Machinery Co. developed the first hydraulic crane, the tractor-mounted Anteater, in response to the U.S. Navy’s need for a munitions-handling machine ...

IN the construction industry, we often deal with new or unique situations. Because they are unusual or new, we tend to plan more intently to ensure the work goes safely. But repetitive work also needs ...

A Liebherr HS 895 HD duty-cycle crawler crane fitted with clamshell bucket is carrying out excavation for largest public works contract ever let by the City of Portland. Shafts are being formed for an ...

July 1, 2002 — Flooding at AmerenUE’s Sioux Plant, 30 miles up the Mississippi River from St. Louis, is always a concern for the plant’s management. Although the plant is on high ground, the plant can ...

Brown Hoisting & Conveying Machinery Co. was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, by Fayette Brown and his son, Alexander Ephraim Brown, in 1880. The firm was incorporated in 1893, and by 1900 had been renamed ...