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  Manitowoc - LoveToKnow 1911
MANITOWOC (Indian, "Spirit-land"), a city and the countyseat of Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, on the W. shore of Lake Michigan, 75 m.
It is served by the Chicago and North-Western, and the Wisconsin Central railways; by ferry across the lake to Frankfort, Mich., and Ludington, Mich.; by the Ann Arbor and the Pere Marquette railways; and by the Goodrich line of lake steamers.
At Manitowoc are the county insane asylum and a Polish orphan asylum.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Manitowoc   (312 words)

  
 Seeing The Light - Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse
Manitowoc established itself early as a shipbuilding center when in 1847 the first wooden sailing ship built in Manitowoc was launched and the tradition of shipbuilding was born.
Manitowoc remained the center of shipbuilding in Wisconsin until 1970, when its largest shipbuilder moved to Sturgeon Bay as a result of the river and port being too small to construct the pre-eminent 1,000 foot freighters.
Manitowoc was our last stop for the day, and the shadows were getting long as we walked out to long pier to the light.
www.terrypepper.com /lights/michigan/manitowocpier/manitowoc.htm   (483 words)

  
 About Us - Manitowoc Crane Group
Manitowoc Crane Group has two of its largest manufacturing facilities in the US: the Manitowoc manufacturing facility in Wisconsin, where both crawler crane and tower crane parts are produced; and the Shady Grove plant in Pennsylvania, where mobile cranes and boom trucks are built.
Manitowoc Crane CARE is the world’s most advanced service and support program.
In addition to Manitowoc, Wis., the cranes are built at the company’s facility in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, in keeping with the Group philosophy of producing cranes tailored for specific markets.
www.manitowoccranegroup.com /About/EN/AboutUs.asp   (1882 words)

  
 Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Genealogy : Biographies Hi
The parents settled in Manitowoc county, where they purchased forty acres of school land and erected a log cabin, in which the subject of this sketch was born.
Hoffmann was married to Amanda Christensen, of Manitowoc, a daughter of Mathias Christensen, one of the early settlers of this county, and two children have been born to this union.
One of the leading cheese manufacturers of Manitowoc county is Henry H. Huhn of Manitowoc Rapids, who was born November 9, 1866, on the old Huhn family homestead in the town of Center, Manitowoc county, a son of Ferdinand and Henrietta (Schultz) Huhn.
www.2manitowoc.com /biosHi.html   (8274 words)

  
 Manitowoc 3Q profit up - Boston.com
Manitowoc earned $50.4 million, or 80 cents per share, compared with $17.1 million, or 34 cents per share, for the same quarter in 2005.
Manitowoc said revenue at the crane segment rose 44 percent on strong demand and operating earnings more than doubled.
Manitowoc shares closed down 45 cents to $48.25 on the New York Stock Exchange, then rose $2.26, or 4.7 percent, to $50.51 in the extended session.
www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/10/24/manitowoc_3q_profit_up   (244 words)

  
 History of The Manitowoc Company
It was 1902 when the first vessel built by the newly formed Manitowoc Dry Dock Company splashed into the water of the Manitowoc River and steamed into Lake Michigan.
Manitowoc has contributed to many of the past century’s major events: the buildup of America’s steel industry; the Allies’ victory in two world wars; and the development of a postwar consumer boom that continues to this day.
The Manitowoc Company is now a global, diversified, multi-industry, capital good manufacturer — a success earned by our talented employees through their commitment to innovation and excellence in operations, quality and service.
www.manitowoc.com /AboutUs/History_Of_Manitowoc.asp   (188 words)

  
 Manitowoc County, Wisconsin: attractions, historic sites, parks, nature centers, festivals, museums
Manitowoc is the sole Wisconsin port for the SS Badger, the only luxury passenger vessel still sailing the Great Lakes.
Manitowoc County's parks and trail-ways offer a variety of outdoor activities for the whole family year-round, including hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing, swimming, fishing, picnicking, and camping.
In Manitowoc County, golfers have a variety of beautiful and challenging courses to play, trail riders have acres and miles of trail to explore, bowlers have a number of top-notch bowling centers and tennis buffs have many indoor and outdoor courts to experience.
www.explorewisconsin.com /countypages/manitowoc.html   (1463 words)

  
 The Manitowoc Company Inc. - Official Corporate Website
The Manitowoc Company is a creator of market-leading engineered capital goods and support services for selected market segments, which include Cranes and Related Products, Foodservice Equipment, and Marine.
Manitowoc Crane Group is launching a brand new technology for the world's lifting industry.
The special application crane is instrumental in the reinforcement of the existing wall and roof of Nuclear Reactor Number 4 – the location of a major accident 20 years ago.
www.manitowoc.com   (235 words)

  
 Oral History of Manitowoc Wisconsin
These comments from Manitowoc County senior citizens were recorded by Dion Kempthorne and Gail Fox as a part of a program on the value of oral history sponsored by the National Council on the Aging with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Locally this course was sponsored by the City of Manitowoc Committee on Aging in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin Manitowoc County Center.
The light plant was taken over by the city of Manitowoc in the 1910s and is now known as the Manitowoc Public Utilities.
www.manitowoc.lib.wi.us /mtwc/oralhistory.htm   (1617 words)

  
 Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Genealogy : birth, death, cemetery, history, marriage and military (GenWeb)
Manitowoc County is situated in Eastern Wisconsin along the Lake Michigan shorline.
Manitowoc County was organized in 1836 from territorial land.
Every effort has been made to insure the information found here is accurate, you are however encouraged to check the primary source for accuracy as mistakes are made by all of us.
linkstothepast.com /manitowoc/index.html   (264 words)

  
 Manitowoc News
A judge has ruled that a man accused of stabbing a Manitowoc police officer previously declared incompetent is now able to stand trial.
MANITOWOC Investigators have seized Steven Avery's digital camera, according to court records filed Friday.
The Manitowoc County Metro Drug Unit has made a bust.They arrested a man yesterday afternoon after he arranged to sell cocaine during a drug unit investigation.The man was also carrying more than $5,000 in...
www.topix.net /city/manitowoc-wi   (667 words)

  
 City of Manitowoc - Government Departments
It is the mission of the Manitowoc Fire Department to utilize the cooperative efforts of supervisory and line personnel to protect lives and property of our citizens and those who visit our community.
The Manitowoc Parks and Recreation Department is committed to improving the quality of life for all Manitowoc's residents and visitors.
Manitowoc Public Utilities' mission is to provide safe, reliable and environmentally sound best value service to maintain the benefits of Community Ownership.
www.manitowoc.org /gov_depts.html   (1139 words)

  
 UGS: About Us: Customer Case Studies and Videos: Manitowoc Cranes
Manitowoc Cranes designs and manufactures customized latticeboom cranes, excavators and crane attachments used worldwide in heavy construction, surface mining, material handling and other specialized applications.
However, when they switched to Femap®, the CAE component of the UGS Velocity Series from UGS, they found that they could easily work on the details of a finite element model - nodes, elements, properties and loads - and when they needed it, Femap also met their toughest geometry and meshing requirements.
Manitowoc Cranes wanted to solve this problem in the design of its new Model 21000 lattice-boom crane, the largest crawler crane ever built in the United States.
www.ugs.com /about_us/success/manitowoc.shtml   (768 words)

  
 Manitowoc Companies
MANITOWOC, WI — January 3, 2003 — The Manitowoc Company (NYSE: MTW) today announced that Dennis E. McCloskey was appointed President of Manitowoc Marine Group and Vice President of The Manitowoc Company, effective January 1, 2003.
As a result of his efforts, Manitowoc posted solid gains in market share and operating margins during his tenure.
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is the world's largest provider of lifting equipment for the global construction industry, including lattice-boom cranes, tower cranes, mobile hydraulic cranes, and boom trucks.
www.manitowocmarine.com /What_s_New/DennisMcCloskey.asp   (366 words)

  
 About The Home Front: Manitowoc County in World War II
Manitowoc Shipbuilding also produced LCT landing vessels which were tested in practice "invasions" on Lake Michigan beaches in the northern part of the county.
Submarine crews stationed in Manitowoc for training as their vessels were being built brought more diversity to the community, and the Coast Guard had a strong presence.
The Home Front: Manitowoc County in World War II is a joint project of the Manitowoc County Historical Society, the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, the Manitowoc Public Library, and the Lester Public Library in Two Rivers.
digicoll.library.wisc.edu /WI/subcollections/HomeFrontAbout.shtml   (1088 words)

  
 Manitowoc Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
And Manitowoc is also a leading provider of shipbuilding, ship repair, and conversion services for government, military, and commercial customers throughout the maritime industry.
Manitowoc knew it needed to improve both the efficiency and accuracy of the Web publishing process to provide its partners with all the recent and historic product information they needed.
Manitowoc still has a few shared network drives but plans to shut down all of them and migrate all remaining documentation to one central Documentum repository.
software.emc.com /about_us/customer/profiles/manitowoc_company.htm   (1759 words)

  
 Village Profile presents Manitowoc, WI
The Manitowoc/ Two Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce is a voluntary, not-for-profit, membership organization, the purpose of which is to promote the interests of business in Manitowoc County.
Manitowoc County (taken from the Chippewa Indian word ‘Munedoo-owk,’ meaning ‘The Place of the Good Spirit’) continues to be a great place to live, work and raise families.
The city of Manitowoc is located in eastern Wisconsin’s picturesque Manitowoc County where the waves of Lake Michigan gently fall upon the sandy beaches at the city’s feet.
www.villageprofile.com /wisconsin/manitowoc/manitowoc1.html   (1811 words)

  
 Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic - Manitowoc
Oncology care was established at the Manitowoc Clinic in 1975 under the direction of medical oncologist Edward Barylak, M.D. Affiliation with the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), an international cancer research organization, was established in 1982.
In addition, a variety of cancer support groups for patients and families are offered through the clinic and in the Manitowoc County area.
In Manitowoc County, this philosophy is carried out by a team of cancer care professionals that includes two medical oncologists, six registered nurses who are oncology- and chemotherapy-trained, along with licensed practical nurses and medical assistants experienced in oncology care.
www.aurorahealthcare.org /services/cancer/vinceclinics/manitowoc.asp   (591 words)

  
 Manitowoc
Please visit the Manitowoc County Page in the DNR Planner's Toolbox for the most current data on forestland including change in forestland, volume of forest, forest product consumption, local forest product companies etc.
Manitowoc County forest products and processing industrial output is 2.8% of the total county industrial output.
Several municipalities received grant money from the Wisconsin Department of Administration: The City of Manitowoc Rapids received $10,375 in 2000 and $4,625 in 2001; the Town of Cooperstown received $10,000, Town of Nasewaupee received $10,000, Village of Valders received $10,000 and City of Kiel received $9,000 in 2001.
www.uwsp.edu /cnr/landcenter/forestplanning/CountyPages/manitowoc.htm   (701 words)

  
 Consumers Inc. Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In 1991, Gilbarco sold the assets and merchandising rights for in-ground lifts to Consumers Inc, at which time the name was changed to Manitowoc Lifts.
Manitowoc Lifts is ready to fill today's needs with single post, two post, and three post lifts.
Whether you're using the lift in a large dealership or in your own garage, Manitowoc Lifts offers an unbeatable service and warranty.
www.manitowoclifts.com   (199 words)

  
 Manitowoc County Employment - Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Please note that it is the policy of Manitowoc County to accept completed applications only for positions that are currently open to the public.
Manitowoc County residency is not required for the majority of our non-represented (non-union) positions, but is required of some of our union postings.
Manitowoc County is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
www.co.manitowoc.wi.us /employment/default.asp   (150 words)

  
 Manitowoc Ice: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Manitowoc was the first to offer two and three year product warranties; first to convert to alternative refrigerants; first to develop an automatic cleaning system; and first ice machine manufacturer to be ISO Certified.
Manitowoc has a wholly owned manufacturing operation in China and a manufacturing facility in Italy.
Manitowoc Ice, Inc.'s parent company, The Manitowoc Company, Inc., is also a leading producer of lattice-boom cranes, boom trucks, and related products for the construction industry.
old.manitowocice.com /about/history.htm   (346 words)

  
 Manitowoc Ice makers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
All Manitowoc Ice Machines carry a warentee of 3years on parts and 5 years on evaporator and compressor subject to correct installation, location and regular service.
Manitowoc Ice Machines are manufactured in USA for high ambient temperature so they are ideally suited for SA climate with no over condensing problems which later cause problematic compressor problems by shortening the life span.
Manitowoc Ice Machines have a vertical evaporator production unit.
www.manitowoc.za.net   (151 words)

  
 Alumni Foundation
The goal of the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc Foundation, Inc. is to raise sufficient funds to grant one full-tuition scholarship to a student from each of the eight local high schools in Manitowoc County each year.
The Foundation Board raised an initial $200,000 to serve as the base amount for generating interest funds to be used for the scholarships.
can help make it possible for a deserving student to remain in Manitowoc County for their first two years of college, allowing them to take advantage of the strong support of family and friends as they make the difficult transition to college life.
www.uwmanitowoc.uwc.edu /A-Welcome/Foundation.htm   (507 words)

  
 Wisconsin Maritime Museum—USS COBIA Submarine
Moored along the Manitowoc River, adjacent to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, is the World War II fleet submarine USS COBIA (SS-245).
In 1970, the Navy decommissioned COBIA and it was towed to Manitowoc to serve as an international memorial to submariners.
In 1986, COBIA was incorporated as a part of the Manitowoc Maritime Museum, declared a National Historic Landmark, and placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
www.wisconsinmaritime.org /sub.htm   (1065 words)

  
 Manitowoc, Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to the 2000 census, Manitowoc had a population of 34,053 people, and over 50,000 people in the surrounding communities.
The city is also the world headquarters of Lakeside Foods Company Manitowoc is also one endpoint of the ferry route of the SS Badger, which connects the route of U.S. Route 10 to Ludington, Michigan
The Manitowoc Mariners Trail is currently being rebuilt, offering several bike paths throughout the county along Lake Michigan and rural areas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manitowoc,_Wisconsin   (1650 words)

  
 About the Manitowoc Local History Collection
When he moved to Manitowoc, Benke took advantage of the penny postcard craze and made a suitable living photographing the city's scenes and events and then printing postcards.
Benke's legacy is the capture of thousands of images of turn of the century Manitowoc and Manitowoc County.
The Manitowoc Local History Collection is collaborative project completed by the UWDCC and the Manitowoc Public Library.
digicoll.library.wisc.edu /WI/subcollections/MTWCImagesAbout.shtml   (1107 words)

  
 Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra
The Orchestra began as the dream of a young music teacher, new to the area, and filled with a passion for music that could not be contained by the classroom.
Now, more than a half century later, the Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra is a testament to his vision as well as the countless musicians who have breathed life into musical scores that have, in turn, enhanced the lives of generations of audiences.
No description of the MSO would be complete without mention of the Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra League, an especially dedicated group of volunteers who enrich and enhance every symphony season.
www.manitowocsymphonyorchestra.org /about_us.html   (322 words)

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