Crane

Crane or cranes may refer to:

• Crane (bird), a large, long-necked bird
  • Thousand origami cranes, paper crane, an origami version of this bird
• Crane (machine), an industrial machinery for lifting
  • Crane (rail), a crane suited for use on railroads
  • Container crane, a machine for lifting intermodal containers

Crane or cranes may also refer to

People

Surname

• Crane (surname), a surname (including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname)

Given name

• Crane (musician) (born 1956), . American trumpeter and vocalist
• Crane Brinton (1898–1968), American historian
• Crane Kenney, American Major League Baseball executive
• Crane Wilbur (1886–1973), American writer, actor and director

Places

Barbados

• The Crane, Saint Philip, Barbados

United States

• Crane, Indiana
  • Crane Army Ammunition Activity in Crane, Indiana
• Crane, Missouri
• Crane, Oregon
• Cranesville, Pennsylvania
• Crane, Texas
• Crane, Virginia
• Crane Beach, in Ipswich, Massachusetts
• Crane Island (Washington), one of the San Juan Islands

Businesses

• Crane & Co., a supplier of paper for US banknotes
• Crane Co., an American industrial products company
• Crane Bank, a commercial bank in Uganda.
• Crane Merchandising Systems, a vending machine manufacturer
• Crane Plumbing, a brand of plumbing fixtures made by American Standard Brands
• Crane-Simplex, an American car manufacturer, formerly named Crane Motor Car Company
• The Crane Group Companies, an American construction and materials company
• Manitowoc Cranes, a global manufacturer of lifting products
• Mascus, a used construction equipment sales company in South Africa
• XCMG, maker of a reliable and global brand of cranes

Media and entertainment

Film

• Crane shot, a shot taken with a camera mounted on a crane in motion pictures
• The Crane, a 1992 film
• The Cranes Are Flying, a 1957 film

Games

• Crane Game, a "claw" type redemption arcade game

Music

• Crane, a Los Angeles-based pop/rock group headed by Chuck Crane (a.k.a. Chuck Kirkpatrick) that released one album on Capitol Records in 1978
• Cranes (band), a British alternative rock band
• Crane School of Music, a school in Potsdam, New York, United States

Television

• Crane (TV series), a British TV series starring Patrick Allen, which ran from 1963 to 1965

Martial arts

• Fujian White Crane, one of five animal-inspired constituent martial arts of the "Five Ancestors Fist" style
• Tibetan White Crane, a practice of Lama (martial art)

Military

• Cessna Crane, a British name for the United States built Cessna AT-17 Bobcat training aircraft
• USS Crane (DD-109), a Wickes class destroyer, named after William M. Crane

See also

• Crain (disambiguation)
• Crane Creek (disambiguation)
• Crane fly
• Crane School (disambiguation)