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water crane is a
device used for
delivering a
large volume of
water into the tank or
tender of a
steam locomotive. The
device is also
called a
water column...
- for the ****embling of
heavy equipment. The
first known crane machine was the shaduf, a
water-lifting
device that was
invented in
ancient Mesopotamia...
- A
crane fly is any
member of the
dipteran superfamily Tipuloidea,
which contains the
living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae,
Pediciidae and Tipulidae...
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Sandhills on the
American Great Plains.
Sandhill cranes are
known to
frequent the
edges of
bodies of
water. The
central Platte River valley in
Nebraska is...
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Cranes are a type of
large bird with long legs and
necks in the
biological family Gruidae of the
order Gruiformes. The
family has 15
species placed in...
- A
crane vessel,
crane ship,
crane barge, or
floating crane is a ship with a
crane specialized in
lifting heavy loads,
typically exceeding 1,500 t (1,476...
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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an
American poet, novelist, and
short story writer.
Prolific throughout his
short life, he
wrote notable...
- Hart
Crane (July 21, 1899 –
April 27, 1932) was an
American poet, best
known for his only long poem, The Bridge.
Inspired by T. S. Eliot,
Crane wrote...
- The red-crowned
crane (Grus ****onensis), also
called the
Manchurian crane or ****anese
crane (traditional Chinese: 丹頂鶴;
simplified Chinese: 丹顶鹤; pinyin:...
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whooping crane (Grus americana) is an
endangered crane species,
native to
North America,
named for its “whooping” calls.
Along with the
sandhill crane (Antigone...
