CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 25, 2000, except for
information in Note 11, for which the date is February 10, 2000, relating to the
financial statements, which appears in the 1999 Annual Report of The Manitowoc
Company, Inc., which is incorporated by reference in The Manitowoc Company,
Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999. We also
consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated January 25, 2000
relating to the financial statement schedules, which appears in such Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June 26, 2000
