Looking back at the first Grove crane

D.Ann Shiffler

09 June 2020

The first crane designed by John L. Grove sits in a makeshift museum at the Manitowoc facility in Shady Grove, PA. 

At the Manitowoc crane manufacturing facility in Shady Grove, PA, there is a small white building that sits off the beaten path from the huge buildings where cranes roll from one assembly line to the other.

Grove Crane #3 was a predecessor to the modern-day rough terrain crane.

The building…

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