Scroller.....Morrow"s Giant Tower Cranes

Recently, I've been doing a series of picture stories I call scrollers. The scrollers are done with photographs from assignments.  With these stories I hope to thank my clients for believing in my work. Additionally, I hope to help my clients pick up new customers by offering the blog articles as sales tools.

Morrow Equipment Cranes working on two neighboring projects at The Woodlands just north of Houston.

Remember when you were a kid ? You or one of your friends had some sort of building toys. 

A closer look at the Morrow Tower Cranes working in The Woodlands.

One of my friends had an erector set.  Another had a Lincoln Log set. Man, we had a great time with those things. 

An even closer look at the Woodlands project.

Later another friend came up with some of those nifty Leggo kits. 

Here's the last of the Woodlands pictures. Great location for the photographer !

In our little circle we had enough construction toys to build the Empire State Building. Or so we thought.  

This rig is stabilized by those white concrete weights you see attached beneath the crane. This is a Houston project.

Finally, after all these years, I finally have my own erector set. 

Here is a second look at the bottom weighted crane from above. It's in downtown Houston.

These big old yellow cranes. Well, they might not be mine but I've shot them often enough I feel like I am part of the Morrow Equipment team.

Two Morrow Equipment cranes building a loft complex near the Houston Medical Center.

When Morrow calls I get excited. I enjoy shooting cranes and their projects.I know I'm going to see some really neat equipment as well as see a variety of projects.

This is a one crane job bringing up a building on the TCU campus.

Usually I get to see an old friend or two as well. It seems every job they do is different. In any case it's always interesting.

Two big Morrow Equipment Cranes helping to build a big expansion on Fort Worth's Kimball Art Museum.

This will be the first time I have done a blog on Morrow Equipment. 

The Morrow cranes at work on the Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas

When I shoot these jobs I have an opportunity to learn about the cranes themselves. The Morrow guys taking me around are usually the folks who work with the cranes on a first hand basis. These guys know cranes ! 

Two Morrow Equipment Cranes working in downtown Fort Worth, Texas.

Morrow supplies cranes of all types for all sorts of construction projects. 

Another scene of Morrow Cranes in down town Fort Worth, Texas

Morrow Equipment is a supplier of cranes-lift services for projects all over the hemisphere, plus Australia.

Down town Fort Worth with the two Morrow Cranes. Two different shots of the same scene. I just like Fort Worth.

This particular assignment covered some of what Morrow has going on in Texas. I started in Houston traveled to Fort Worth and then drove north to a Red River casino. 

Two Morrow Equipment cranes at work on the new hotel at the Winstar Casino on the Oklahoma line.

There were several other projects spread out across the state but these were all I had time to shoot.

Side view of new hotel addition at the Winstar Casino near the Red River border of Texas and Oklahoma.

I hope you enjoy the pictures. If you're a potential crane customer you might want to take advantage of the crane specs available on the Morrow Equipment web site.

Morrow Equipment cranes seen from front entrance of the Winstar Casino.

I am including a link to the Morrow Equipment Company. Give them a call. They are good people.


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One last view of the Winstar Casino project. The Morrow Equipment Cranes are ground based on the opposite of the building.

The following pictures are from a brief walk through of Morrow's huge Houston yard and maintenance facility. 

When cranes are shipped from Europe to the U.S. they are brought into the Port of Houston. 

They then go from the port to this facility and then onto whatever region of the U.S. they are needed. 

      Morrow Equipment is Liebherr Crane central in the U.S.
                                

It looks like Morrow kept every crane they ever owned. 

            I guess it takes a crane to lift a crane. 

In addition to the storage Morrow has the capacity to repair, maintain and modify rigs.

Some they part out  and others are stored until they are needed. In any case they have a huge inventory in the Houston yard.    

I hope you learned something about this company. I've had a long and enjoyable relationship with Morrow Equipment. If you're in the construction business and ever need a crane, look no further. They have the best iron and great professionals. 

You might wonder, "What the hell does a photographer know about cranes" ? The answer is not a whole lot but after many years working around the people of corporate America, I know a good ethical culture when I see it. I know how I am treated as a vendor. I see the longevity and professionalism of their employees. You get a sense about a company by the way they treat people. 

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