Crane or cranes may refer to:

Common meanings

Crane (bird) Cranes are a family, the Gruidae, of large, long-legged, and long-necked birds in the group Gruiformes. The 15 species of cranes are placed in three genera, ''Antigone'', ''Balearica'', and '' Grus''. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated her ...

, a large, long-necked bird *

Crane (machine) A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It is mainly used for lifting heavy objects and transport ...

, industrial machinery for lifting ** Crane (rail), a crane suited for use on railroads

People and fictional characters

Crane (surname) Crane is a surname. The name is a derivative from "Cron" in Old English or is the English translation of the German "Krahn" or "Kranich." According to The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain & Ireland, "Cron," "Krahn" and "Kranich" all me ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname * Crane (given name), a list of people

Places

Barbados

* The Crane, Saint Philip, Barbados

United Kingdom

River Crane, Dorset The River Crane is a river in Dorset, United Kingdom. It flows past Cranborne Manor. Near Verwood it becomes the Moors River The Moors River is a river in east Dorset, England, which starts at the point where the River Crane and the Ebblake ...

* River Crane, London, a small river of London, branch to the Thames

United States

Crane, Indiana Crane is a town in Perry Township, Martin County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 184 at the 2010 census. The community is adjacent to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division. History Crane was originally known as Burns ...

, a town * Crane, Missouri, a town *

Crane, Montana Crane is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Richland County, Montana, United States. Its population was 102 according to the 2010 census. Crane has a post office with the ZIP code 59217. Montana Highway 16 passes through C ...

, a census-designated place and unincorporated community *

Crane, Oregon Crane is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon, United States, northeast of Malheur Lake on Oregon Route 78. Its population was 129 at the 2010 census. History Crane was named for the prominent local fea ...

, a census-designated place and unincorporated community * Crane County, Texas **

Crane, Texas Crane is a city in and the county seat of Crane County, Texas, United States. Its population is about 3,680 as of 2018. An oil boomtown since the 1920s, Crane is still in the center of a prominent oil-producing region. It is the only significant t ...

, a city and the county seat * Crane, Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Crane, Washington Crane is an unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. ...

, an unincorporated community *

Crane Creek (disambiguation) Crane Creek may refer to: *Crane Creek (California), a stream in Sonoma County *Crane Creek, California, a community in Mariposa County *Crane Creek (Melbourne, Florida) Crane Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high- ...

* Crane Beach, Ipswich, Massachusetts *

Crane Island (Washington) Crane Island is one of the San Juan Islands in San Juan County, Washington, United States. It lies just off the southwestern shore of Orcas Island, between it and the northwest corner of Shaw Island. Crane Island has a land area of 0.956 km� ...

, one of the San Juan Islands *

Crane Mountain Crane Mountain is in the Warner Mountains, Warner Mountain range and is the tallest peak in Lake County, Oregon, Lake County, Oregon, Oregon, U.S. It is located southeast of Lakeview, Oregon, Lakeview in south-central Oregon, near the northwest c ...

, Oregon *

Camp Crane Camp Crane was a World War I United States Army Ambulance Service (USAAS) training camp, located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Its mission was to train ambulance drivers to evacuate casualties on the Western Front in France. It was named for Brigad ...

, a World War I United States Army Ambulance Service training camp located in Allentown, Pennsylvania

Businesses

Crane (St. Paul's Churchyard) Paternoster Row was a street in the City of London that was a centre of the London publishing trade, with booksellers operating from the street. Paternoster Row was described as "almost synonymous" with the book trade. It was part of an area ca ...

, a historical bookseller in London * Crane & Co., a supplier of paper for US banknotes *

Crane Co. Crane Holdings, Co. is an American industrial products company based in Stamford, Connecticut. Founded by Richard Teller Crane in 1855, it became one of the leading manufacturers of bathroom fixtures in the United States, until 1990, when that ...

, an American industrial products company * Crane Bank, a commercial bank in Uganda. * Crane Merchandising Systems, a vending machine manufacturer * Crane Plumbing, a brand of plumbing fixtures made by American Standard Brands *

Crane-Simplex Crane-Simplex was the common name of the Simplex Crane Model 5 luxury automobile, produced by the Simplex Automobile Company in New Brunswick, New Jersey, from 1915 to 1918. Crane-Simplex Company was formed in 1922 in Long Island City, New Yor ...

, an American car manufacturer, formerly named Crane Motor Car Company * The Crane Group Companies, an American construction and materials company

Arts and entertainment

* '' The Crane'', a 1992 short film starring Jude Law * ''Crane'' (TV series), a British TV series starring Patrick Allen, which ran from 1963 to 1965 *

Cranes (band) Cranes are a British rock music, rock band formed in 1985. History Formed in 1985Bite Back interview 1989 in Portsmouth, England by siblings Alison and Jim Shaw and named after the many mechanical crane (machine), cranes around the city's docks ...

, a British alternative rock band *

Zhuravli "Zhuravli" (russian: «Журавли́», p=ʐʊrɐˈvlʲi, '' Cranes''), first performed in 1969, is a famous Russian language song about soldiers who did not come back alive from battles. The song was composed by Yan Frenkel on translation of p ...

("Cranes"), a famous 1969 Russian song about World War II

Martial arts

* Fujian White Crane, a southern Chinese martial art * Tibetan White Crane, a western/southern Chinese martial art *

Crane kick The crane kick is a fictionalized version of the Mae tobi geri ( ja, 前飛蹴). The move was created by Darryl Vidal for the classic film ''The Karate Kid'' (1984). The move is taught by the character Mr. Miyagi to Daniel LaRusso and eventually ...

Schools in the United States

Crane School of Music The Crane School of Music is located in Potsdam, New York, and is one of three schools which make up the State University of New York (SUNY) at Potsdam. Crane consists of approximately 630 undergraduate and 30 graduate students and a faculty o ...

, part of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Potsdam, New York * Crane Theological School, Medford, Massachusetts, a former seminary of Tufts University * Crane High School (disambiguation)

Ships

* USFS ''Crane'', a United States Bureau of Fisheries fishery patrol vessel in commission from 1928 to 1940 which also served from 1940 to 1960 in the fleet of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as US FWS ''Crane'' * , a United States Navy ''Wickes''-class destroyer in commission from 1919 to 1922 and from 1939 to 1945 * USS ''Crane Ship No. 1'', the name from 1941 to 1955 of a United States Navy crane ship which formerly served as the battleship

Other uses

* Cranē, a nymph named by Ovid, identified with the goddess Carna * Cessna Crane, a British name for the United States built Cessna AT-17 Bobcat training aircraft *

Crane baronets There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Crane, both in the Baronetage of England. Both creations are extinct. The Crane Baronetcy, of Chilton in the County of Suffolk, was created in the Baronetage of England on 11 Ma ...

, two extinct titles in the Baronetage of England * Crane Melon, an heirloom melon