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Gottwald mobile cranes: books - history and technology

A book on Gottwald mobile cranes on wheels or tracks? Here are books on the history of Gottwald mobile cranes with lattice boom and telescopic cranes.

Gottwald: 100 Jahre Bagger, Krane, Rammen... (Band 1)

The author presents a chronicle of the now legendary Gottwald company, researched over many years and written with great expertise. The chronicle comprises two volumes. Almost 1 500 unpublished photos in this first volume alone, scale drawings and detailed descriptions: an unsurpassable standard work!

From the contents:
- Gottwald history
- Steam winches and rams
- Non-stationary cranes and excavators with steam and diesel drive
- Stationary cranes
- Railway cranes
- Vehicle cranes after 1945
- Lattice boom cranes.

Product details

Author:Wolfgang Weinbach
Details:357 pages, 28 x 21 cm / 11 x 8.25 in, hardback
Illustrations:1415 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:Verlag Podszun (D, 2006)
ISBN:9783861334217
Book: Gottwald: 100 Jahre Bagger, Krane, Rammen... (Band 1)

Gottwald: 100 Jahre Bagger, Krane, Rammen... (Band 1)

Language: German

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Gottwald Autokrane Bildarchiv (2)

Gottwald's mobile cranes have been history for 30 years. The indestructible lattice boom and telescopic cranes from Düsseldorf were extremely popular with their operators due to their high performance and sophisticated mechanics.
In an attractive slide show, the author reviews the now legendary cranes: with a wealth of previously unknown photographs and all relevant technical data.

Product details

Author:Wolfgang Weinbach
Details:160 pages, 28 x 21 cm / 11 x 8.25 in, hardback
Illustrations:380 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:Verlag Podszun (D, 2016)
ISBN:9783861338116
Book: Gottwald Autokrane Bildarchiv (2)

Gottwald Autokrane Bildarchiv (2)

Language: German

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Gottwald Autokrane Bildarchiv (3)

Gottwald's mobile cranes have been history for 30 years. The indestructible lattice boom and telescopic cranes from Düsseldorf were extremely popular with their operators due to their high performance and sophisticated mechanics.
In his third volume, the author also reviews the now legendary cranes: with a wealth of previously unknown photographs and all relevant technical data.

Pages of the book Gottwald Autokrane Bildarchiv (3) (1)

Pages of the book Gottwald Autokrane Bildarchiv (3) (2)

Product details

Author:Wolfgang Weinbach
Details:160 pages, 28 x 21 cm / 11 x 8.25 in, hardback
Illustrations:380 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:Verlag Podszun (D, 2016)
ISBN:9783861338123
Book: Gottwald Autokrane Bildarchiv (3)

Gottwald Autokrane Bildarchiv (3)

Language: German

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Gottwald: 100 Jahre Bagger, Krane, Rammen... (Band 2)

The author presents a chronicle of the now legendary Gottwald company, researched over many years and written with great expertise. The work comprises two volumes.
The second volume of this extraordinarily extensive chronicle supplements the first volume with further data, facts and background information, dimension drawings and almost 1000 illustrations.

From the contents:
- Hydro equipment
- Telescopic cranes
- Special equipment and special vehicles after 1950
- Off-road telescopic cranes and special vehicles for open-cast mining
- Gottwald cranes for the fire brigade and THW
- Mobile harbor crane-HMK.

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Author:Wolfgang Weinbach
Details:350 pages, 28 x 21 cm / 11 x 8.25 in, hardback
Illustrations:1000 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:Verlag Podszun (D, 2006)
ISBN:9783861334224
Book: Gottwald: 100 Jahre Bagger, Krane, Rammen... (Band 2)

Gottwald: 100 Jahre Bagger, Krane, Rammen... (Band 2)

Language: German

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