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Pacific Coast Engineering Company

PACECO Container Crane
Society: ASMEMain Category: MechanicalSub Category: Materials Handling & ExtractionEra: 1950-1959DateCreated: 1959Country: USAWebsite: http://www.pacecocorp.com/paceco_history.pdf, http://www.asme.org/about-asme/history/landmarks/topics-m-z/materials-handling-and-excavation/-85-paceco-container-crane-%281959%29, https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ResourceFiles/AboutASME/Who%20We%20Are/Engineering%20History/Landmarks/85-paceco-container-crane.pdfCreator: Ramsden, C. Dean, Pacific Coast Engineering Company

The world's first high-speed, dockside container-handling cranes reduced ship turnaround time from three weeks to eighteen hours. They became the model and set the standard for future designs worldwide. In service January 7, 1959, the A-frame cranes built at Encinal Terminals in Alameda, California, were designed to move large quantities of products with less handling, less damage, and less pilferage. Under the leadership of C. Dean Ramsden, P.E., the Pacific Coast Engineering Company (PACECO Inc.) met performance specifications developed by the Matson Navigation Company.

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1983
Image Credit: Courtesy ASMEImage Caption: PACECO Container CraneEra_date_from: 1959
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PACECO Container Crane

The world's first high-speed, dockside container-handling cranes reduced ship turnaround time from three weeks to eighteen hours. They became the model and set the standard for future designs worldwide. In service January 7, 1959, the A-frame cranes built at Encinal Terminals in Alameda,…

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