On the shortlist of workshop luxuries, we’d bet a lot of hackers would include an overhead crane. Having the ability to lift heavy loads safely and easily opens up a world of new projects, and puts ...

Among the tracks and docks and age-old warehouses, cranes flock to this quiet stretch of the St. Louis River to be reborn. From all corners of the country, the giants arrive by rail, their decades-old ...

Business was idle — maybe it was a Sunday — when John McGarry stood at the old iron bridge and snapped a photo of the box factory at the foot of South Street in Dalton. It was in the 1940s. The ...