1913-1922

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• In 1914 Crowley dedicated personnel and equipment to the Panama Pacific International Exposition
• Crowley acquired several small derrick barges outfitted with A-frames and booms for lifting cargo onto and off lighters
• During the First World War, the company built and added to its fleet a large, heavy-lift derrick barge which could perform 100-ton lifts
• In 1913, Crowley became the General Manager of and later purchased the Red Stacks
• In 1915, Crowley purchased Paradise Park and transported people into the park from their private yachts
• During World War I Crowley raised the laid-up coal barge City of Panama, repaired her and converted her to a five-masted schooner
• Crowley began transporting coal and other commodities to Australia and South America
• Crowley entered a partnership that operated two steam schooners and three steel ships
• Four 150-foot wooden tugs with steam engines were constructed