Coles Vintage Cranes from 1979 to 1944 : A series of illustrated books about Coles Cranes, Vintage - 2 of 2

By Kemp, Anthony, James

Book Id: WPLBN0003468580
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 4.89 MB
Reproduction Date: 3/15/2015

Title:	Coles Vintage Cranes from 1979 to 1944 : A series of illustrated books about Coles Cranes, Vintage - 2 of 2
Author:	Kemp, Anthony, James
Volume:	Vintage - 2 of 2
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Technology, History of Mobile Cranes
Collections:	Authors Community, History
Historic Publication Date:	2015
Publisher:	Pepperday Publications

Member Page:	Anthony Kemp
Citation APA MLA Chicago James Kemp, B. A. (2015). Coles Vintage Cranes from 1979 to 1944 : A series of illustrated books about Coles Cranes, Vintage - 2 of 2. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
In this series of books we look the Vintage Cranes that Coles built over the years from 1879 to 1944. We see how the cranes developed through the years and how changes in the needs of users shaped this development.

Summary
Coles cranes developed steadily throughout the years, every advance in engineering knowledge had been adopted and adapted to improve their efficiency. As one of the earliest manufacturers to replace steam with internal combustion engine Coles progressively developed and subsequently discarded mechanical transmission, hydraulic transmission and different types of torque converter before arriving at the ideal transmission for crane operation the Coles Variable Voltage System.

Excerpt
The older cranes, some of which were probably only prototypes, left little information behind other than grainy photographs. What we do have is a series of photographs in the history section of the 1958s Coles sales catalogue, this gives an image and date of twelve keynote units. Some of these units like the steam rail cranes were built or maintained throughout this period. Here based on this list, I well try to give as much as can be found about these early cranes.