Strange Columbia Horn Crane

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Strange Columbia Horn Crane

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Does anyone know what this horn crane should look like completed or who made it. It is apparently made for Columbia BE & BF machines...
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BG as well. We showed one of these cranes in one of our books, but offhand I don't remember which one.

The top piece included with this base is not original to the base. I've never seen documentation as to who made this.

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Thanks, George... this recently sold on eBay and I was curious.

Do you recognize the top piece and what it might go to?

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Curt A wrote: Do you recognize the top piece and what it might go to?

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I think the top piece goes to a Hawthorne & Sheble floor crane. They pop up with some regularity. If someone knows for sure what this top piece goes to, I'd be obliged to learn it.

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George,

I believe you are correct... I had one of those floor cranes and forgot how they went together. The flattened end threw me, but as I remember it the crane had a matching piece that fit together inside a brass coupling and could be disassembled for easy transport.

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