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tower crane

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tower crane

Summary

tower crane ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (115 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • tower crane is a type of construction crane[2].
  • tower crane is a type of tower[3].
  • tower crane's Commons category is recorded as Tower cranes[4].
  • tower crane's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as crane:type=tower_crane[5].
  • tower crane's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include construction crane[2] and tower[3].

Why It Matters

tower crane ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (115 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → construction crane, tower
    Described by source → Dresdner Hefte
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541456205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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