Crane
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'''Crane''' or '''cranes''' may be:
* [[Crane (bird)]], a large, long-necked bird
* [[Crane (machine)]], industrial machinery for lifting
* [[Crane (railroad)]], crane suited to use on railroads
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==People==
===Surname===
:''See [[Crane (surname)]]''
===Fictional characters===
* [[Alistair Crane]], character on the soap opera ''Passions''
* [[Denny Crane]], lawyer on ''Boston Legal''
* [[Fancy Crane]], character on the soap opera ''Passions''
* [[Fox Crane]], character on the soap opera ''Passions''
* [[Frasier Crane]], title character of the sitcom ''Frasier''
* [[the Graceful Crane]], Japanese super-ninja in Bon Comics' "Duck-Girl & Crane" animation
* [[Ichabod Crane]], protagonist in Washington Irving's ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow''
* Jonathan Crane, a.k.a [[Scarecrow (comics)]], a comic book villain in the ''Batman'' series by DC Comics
* [[Julian Crane]], character on the soap opera ''Passions''
* [[Martin Crane]], character on the sitcom ''Frasier''
* [[Niles Crane]], character on the sitcom ''Frasier''
* [[Pretty Crane]], character on the soap opera ''Passions''
* [[Sheridan Crane]], character on the soap opera ''Passions''
* [[Gareth Crane]], 6th Beatle
* Master Crane from animated movie, ''Kung-Fu Panda''
==Places==
;United States
* [[Crane, Indiana]]
* [[Crane, Missouri]]
* [[Crane, Oregon]]
* [[Crane, Texas]]
* [[Crane Beach]], in Ipswich, Massachusetts
* [[Crane Island (Washington)]], one of the San Juan Islands
;United Kingdom
* [[Crane, Hillingdon]]
==Businesses==
* [[Crane Co.]], an American industrial products company
* Crane Plumbing, a brand of [[plumbing fixtures]] made by [[American Standard Brands]]
* [[Crane & Co.]], supplier of paper for US banknotes
==Martial arts==
* [[Fujian White Crane]], one of five animal-inspired constituent martial arts of the "Five Ancestors Fist" style
* [[Lama (martial art)]], which contains the practice of "Tibetan White Crane"
* [[Persatuan Gerak Badan]], an Indonesian martial art whose symbol is a white crane (bird)
==Military==
* Cessna Crane, a British name for the United States built [[Cessna AT-17]] Bobcat training aircraft
* [[USS Crane (DD-109)|USS ''Crane'' (DD-109)]], Wickes class destroyer, named after William M. Crane
==Music==
* [[Cranes (band)]], British dream rock band
* [[Dallas Crane]], alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia
* [[Crane School of Music]], in Potsdam, New York
==Other uses==
* [[Crane Clan]] of samurai in the ''Legend of the Five Rings'' games
* [[Crane fly]], a family of insects
* [[Crane shot]], in motion pictures, a shot taken with a camera mounted on a crane
* "Crane", in the philosophy of Daniel Dennett, a [[Darwin's Dangerous Idea#Skyhooks and cranes|material process]] which dispenses with the need for extrinsic explanations or 'skyhooks' (see ''[[Darwin's Dangerous Idea]]'')
* [[Crane (TV series)]], British adventure show from 1963-1965<!-- Too much detail. Put this info into its own article:
* [[Skill crane]], a type of vending machine.
30 minute episodes in B&W, featuring businessman Richard Crane ([[Patrick Allen]]) who gave up life in London for a life of adventure in Morocco (where the series was filmed). Crane bought a beach front bar in Casablanca where he was under the watchful eye of Chief of Police, Colonel Mahmoud ([[Gerald Flood]]). He had an accomplice, Orlando O'Connor ([[Sam Kydd]] who got a spin off series [[Orlando (TV series)|Orlando]]). Glamour came in the form of bartender, Hamila ([[Laya Raki]]).-->
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