Q: Why does the crane on Washington Street have a portable toilet dangling from a rope on the side, about halfway down? Amy in short: It's not to prevent theft or unauthorized use. It's for the crane ...

Church members watching the steeple being raised on their new building looked on in horror Thursday as a crane holding the structure toppled, crushing a car and killing an 79-year-old man who had been ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Church members watching the steeple being raised on their new building looked on in horror Thursday as a crane holding the structure toppled, crushing a car and killing an 80-year-old ...

Imagine the largest man-made object you’ve ever seen. Now consider the fact that to build or place that object where you saw it took a machine that is even larger. Pretty mind-boggling, isn’t it?

Alliance Scale, Inc. introduces its line of fully portable crane scales. Offered from 100 lbs. to 2,000 lbs., Alliance says the crane scales can operate up to 50 hours on a single 9 VDC battery and ...

Church members watching the steeple being raised on their new building looked on in horror Thursday as a crane holding the structure toppled, crushing a car and instantly killing an 80-year-old man ...

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