Coles Illustrious Specifications

Coles Cranes Ltd was founded in London in 1879 by Henry James Coles (1847-1905). The company then changed hands and moved several times over its 100 year history. COLES CRANES LIMITED later acquired several firms like R H Neal & Co of Grantham, Lincolnshire and F Taylor & Sons of Manchester. However in 1984 COLES was taken over by Grove of America but were then closed down in 1999, after Grove had taken over the crane operations of Krupp from Germany.