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The peninsula in Manitowoc, WI, initially was used by Manitowoc Shipbuilding. Then Manitowoc moved their shipbuilding operations to Sturgeon Bay. That operation is now owned by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding. Manitowoc's operation on the peninsula became Manitowoc Engineering and had transitioned to building cranes and other products such as debarkers. When Manitowoc built a bigger factor south of town, Broadwind acquired the peninsula location to build wind turbine towers. It takes advantage of the river to ship some of the towers by barge.
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| Jeffrey Wagner, Sep 2020 |
It turns out that this is just one location for Broadwind. In fact, Brad Foote Gear Works Inc. in Cidero, IL is part of this company.
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I presume this is the inside of a wind turbine tower so it appears Broadwind Towers is part of Broadwind even though their web site doesn't mention it.
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Konecranes is using Broadwind's fabrication expertise and Manitowocs access to the St. Lawrence Seaway to building eight shipyard cranes over 10 year period for $410m for the US Navy.
Ben Stalvey commented on a post: https://www.seehafernews.com/.../details-on-big-navy.../
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| Bill Pohlmann posted A pair of 888s working on a massive Konecranes dock crane on the old Manitowoc peninsula. [Actually, it is across the river from the peninsula.] Judging by the buildings in the background of Bill's photo, they are using the land of the Burger Boat Company for the erection site. Author Wrong on both counts, I'm afraid. The river makes a horseshoe around the "peninsula" and Burger and St. Mary's cement are on the same side of the river I was standing on, behind and across the river from the Broadwind/ex-Manitowoc Company site. Bill Pohlmann The hanger-like building in the background, the trees on the hill and the boat gantry in the lower right corner sure looks like Burger Boat Co. to me. It looks to me that you were standing on the peninsula. But you say you were taking a photo of the peninsula. So I'll stand confused.And judging by the photo in the article [see below], they are also using a slip for the St. Marys Cement Terminal. |
It looks like they are building one of these:
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Bill's post It looks like the base for one of these, |
I published this today because I just learned that Konecranes also makes container cranes.
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| Ben Stalvey shared A 170 ton Port Crane going to a naval yard. |
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| Broadwind Heavy Fabrications posted Welcome to the next installment of how we “Think Big” at Broadwind! We are proud to say our Manitowoc team has completed another large, fabricated crane component. This portal structure tops the scale at over 200,000 lbs. and can make anyone look small. The next task is to transport this single component to the crane pad on our campus, which is no small task. Tune in next week to see our progress, as we will share the event. Connor Siemers shared |
I passed up how they moved that portal structure out to their assembly area because it was just another example of using SPMTs. And it left me with the question of how were they going to get it on top of the four "wheeled legs." Fortunately, I came across an answer to that question.
ALL Erection and Crane Rental posted two photos with the comment: "Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, had not one, but TWO Liebherr LTM1450 all-terrains working together on a dual pick. What you see here being lifted is a "crane portal," a heavy framework for pedestal or track mounted crane, similar to the carbody on a conventional crawler crane. This one piece weighed in at about 350,000 lbs."
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| Nov 10, 2022: AJ Berkout posted From this past Thursday (11-10-22) morning: I hadn't been down to see the changes along the river at the end of Chicago and North 11th Streets. It's open again and a great place to watch the cement barges as they make their way up the river. Also, got a photo of the crane under construction across the river. |
I wonder how many cranes they have built so far.
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| Aug 28, 2023: 1 of 4 photos posted by Paul Solin |
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| safe_image for 4:29 video Hello Everyone, Lots of excitement coming soon for " Big Things" on our "Cool Coast"line. Also, work has been progressing on the River Point boat slip/waterfront area just west of 10th Street Bridge! Broadwind Heavy Fabrications Trans-Link Services City of Manitowoc [This crane is for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Another example of a video with different talking heads repeating some platitudes.] |
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| Oct 3, 2023: 1 of 8 photos posted by Paul Solin |
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| Helen Cooper ON GUARD!!! Remember this one??? Kone crane June 2021 |
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| Patti Kingswood commented on Helen's post My photo is far away but we raced out to see it |
Paul Solin posted two photos with the comment: "5-4-24."
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