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crane

type of machine specialised in lifting objects
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Summary

crane ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,298 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Item operated: lifting hook[2]
  • Operator: crane driver[3]
  • Subclass of: transport system[4], lifting equipment[5]
  • Commons category: Cranes (machines)[6]
  • Has part(s): cockpit[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cranes (machines)[8]
  • Commons gallery: Cranes (machines)[9]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: man_made=crane[10]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox crane[15]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03126707-n[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

crane has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] crane is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Liebherr Group

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → cockpit
    P14692 → Q6498
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Sytin Military Encyclopedia +2
    Has use → Q115728332
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 14w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q140172580
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: type of machine"
  3. 16w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → kranas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: kranas"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001972-jeraby-stroje
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001972-jeraby-stroje, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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