Legacy American

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Terex-American

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• Manufacturer of Lattice Boom Crawler Cranes with lifting capacities from 50 to 275 tons.
• Based in Wilmington, NC

Historical Overview:

• 1882

  The Franklin Manufacturing Company founded in 1884 in St Paul, MN (USA) by two entrepreneurs Frank Johnson and Oliver Crosby.

• 1883

  Company name is changed to American Manufacturing Co.

• 1892

  Company changes its name to American Hoist & Derrick

• 1985

  Company name changed to “Amdura”.

• 1985

  American mobile crane product line is purchased by group of investors forming a new company named American Crane Corporation

• 1998

  American Crane Corporation is acquired by Terex.

Distinguished Historical Accomplishments

• 1885

  American Manufacturing Company awarded its first patent for friction drums used in hoisting equipment.

• 1886

  American Manufacturing Company introduces the Crosby Clip, an ingenuous devise used for fastening wire rope which still sells by the million in 1980s.
  

• 1889

  Introduction of steam powered hoists.

• 1891

  Introduction of largest electric hoists available up to 15 HP.

• 1895

  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.
  

• 1904

  Designed the Railroad Ditcher, a shovel which revolutionized the Railroad industry.
  

• 1923

  American Hoist creates the first Crawler Crane.
  

• 1938

  Designed first 250 ton derrick.
  

• 1968

  Sky Horse invented.

• 1976

  Design of M-3000, the first ship-mounted revolver crane with lifting capacity of 3,000 tons.