{"id":60857,"date":"2017-03-23T16:05:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T20:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/?page_id=60857"},"modified":"2024-11-21T11:54:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:54:23","slug":"crosby-labs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/faces-behind-the-places\/crosby-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"Crosby Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51581 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/10\/Crosby_Oliver.jpg\" alt=\"Crosby_Oliver\" width=\"240\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/10\/Crosby_Oliver.jpg 240w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/10\/Crosby_Oliver-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/10\/Crosby_Oliver-99x140.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,240px\" \/>Oliver Crosby<\/strong> graduated from the Engineering College of the university in 1876. In 1882, he opened a small machine shop in St. Paul and, three years later, saw the business incorporated as the American Hoist and Derrick Co., one of the largest engineering plants in the Northwest. His company manufactured munitions extensively during the First World War, and furnished the U.S. government with modern machinery to construct the Panama Canal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oliver Crosby graduated from the Engineering College of the university in 1876. In 1882, he opened a small machine shop in St. Paul and, three years later, saw the business incorporated as the American Hoist and Derrick Co., one of the largest engineering plants in the Northwest. 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