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This site is about cranes, in particular Coles Cranes and the history of Coles. To see why this site came about see the 'About Site' section. This site will discribe somthing about mobile cranes, the history of Coles Cranes and contain a database with pictuers of most of the cranes made by Coles along with some intresting little technical details.
Coles stopped trading in 1984 and and the last working factory closed down in 1998. Coles is now only a part of crane history. This site is dedicated to remembering what was once one of the largest crane manufacturing companies in the world and to those people who worked there.
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About This Site and Database Navigation
How this site came about. How I came to be the model maker to Coles at Sunderland and a look at the Sunderland works. Find out what an odd looking machine has to do with this story.
Also find out about how to navigate the database of images used by this site also how to make contact about any information on the site or to add information.
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| Main Database
The extensive database of this site contains listings of most of the types of crane produced by Coles over it history. Where possible photographs and details are given along with the introduction date of that type.
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Original Coles Crane Site
This is a link to the original Coles Crane site which had to be abandoned when the server closed down. It is not as extensive as the above but does contain things not in this site. These include the History's of J S Neal & Co and F. Taylor And Sons Manchester Limited. Also technical details, catalogues and other miscellaneous items. which just seemed interesting at the time. Select Here or the image to left to go to this section.
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| Description Of Crane Types
A brief description of the various types of cranes that are in use today with an illustrated example. Not all these types were made by Coles.
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| Picture History - Chronology and Time Line
A time line showing when certain models of the basic cranes were developed and introduced by Coles over the years.
Also a Chronology of dates with short notes on some of the significent events in the history of the Cole Crane Company.
Also here a list of all the Cranes made
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| History Books
Read on line or download any of a series of PDF books about coles cranes. These can be viewed online or downloaded to you own computer and kept. You can also link through to the photographic database to see the photographs in the books,this database contains extra images not included in the books due to space constraints. To read online or download booklet select here or image to left.
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| Works Models and Others
Here we take as a starting point the scale models made at the Sunderland works. What these models were for and how they relate to the full sized cranes produced by Coles. These include historical Coles cranes, current types and prototype models.Also we look at toys that have been made based on types of Coles cranes. Here we see Dinky, and other die-cast models, Schoco, Victory and finally hobby made cranes form paper wood metal Lego and Maccano.
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- The 100 Years History of Coles Cranes : A Series o..
By Kemp, Anthony, JamesBook Id:WPLBN0003468533
Format Type:PDF (eBook)
File Size:10.18 MB
Reproduction Date:1/26/2015
| Title: | The 100 Years History of Coles Cranes : A Series of Illustrated Books about Coles Cranes, Book 1 of 2 | | Author: | Kemp, Anthony, James | | Volume: | Book 1 of 2 | | Language: | English | | Subject: | Non Fiction, Technology, History of Mobile Cranes | | Collections: | History, Authors Community, Technology, Marketing, Management, Finance, Economy, Social Sciences, Fine Arts, Literature, Naval Science, Most Popular Books in China | Historic
Publication Date: | 2015 | | Publisher: | Pepperday Publications | | Member Page: | Anthony Kemp | Citation Kemp, A. J. (2015). The 100 Years History of Coles Cranes : A Series of Illustrated Books about Coles Cranes, Book 1 of 2. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/ |
Description
This first of 2 books is a reproduction of a promotional book given to clients and agents produced by Coles in 1979 called, 'Coles 100 years - The growth story of Europe's Leading Crane Manufacturer -1879 - 1979 '. It was to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Coles Crane company by Henry James Cole in 1879. This book laid out the history of Coles from the foundation to the then present day 1979.
Summary
This is about the history of Coles Cranes, a company which in the mid 1950s and 1980s became one of the largest mobile crane manufacturers on the world. By 1998 the last few workers walked off the factory site and Coles Cranes was no more. This is the story of the growth of that business and the final decline.
Excerpt
No records can be found relating to Henry Coles' childhood until he left school at the age of 13, to be articled to S.Worssam and Co. (later called A. Ransome and Co.), who were manufacturers of sawmill equipment with premises on the King's Road, Chelsea. He was with them for ten years, the first five in the drawing office, the remainder in tile company's workshops. In 1870 he joined Maudslay, Sons and Field. He spent two years there as a marine engineer, erecting equipment on a Number of fighting ships including HMS Triumph and Swiftsure. Then, in 1872, he joined Appleby Bros, and in doing so made tile move which changed his life.
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Mobile Crane Safety Manual
Coles Mobile Crane Manual Parts
The Grove Manufacturing Company was founded in 1947 and is one of the world's leading producers of mobile hydraulic telescope cranes. In 2002 Grove was acquired by the Manitowoc Company. Other brands manufactured by Manitowoc include Manitowoc crawler cranes, National cranes (articulating truck-mounted cranes) and Potain tower cranes. We are Coles crane parts specialists. Diablo 1 no cd patch 1 09 gta. With many years of experience supplying crane parts for Coles cranes, you can expect a fast response and competitive coles part prices. Some of the Coles crane models that crane parts are available for are listed below; Coles 635, 820, 830, 911, 920, 925, 980, 6000, 10/12 Hydra Truck, 10/12T Truck, 12/14. Coles Grove Rt 45 50 T Mobile Crane Manual Coles Grove Rt 45 50 T Mobile Crane Manual E. KR-20H-L KATO Rough Terrain Mobile Crane. With one of the largest Mobile Cranes Catalouge.pdf 36/40 TSC Husky, 36/40TSC Husky, 40/45T, 408 Jumbo, 412/415 Jumbo, Coles 45/50 TSC, Coles 45 Grove rough terrain cranes. Coles Cranes Ltd was founded in London in 1879 by Henry James Coles (1847-1905). The company then changed hands and moved several times over its 100 year history. COLES CRANES LIMITED later acquired several firms like R H Neal & Co of Grantham, Lincolnshire and F Taylor & Sons of Manchester.
