Exhibit 23.2

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4, No. 333- ) and related Prospectus of The
Manitowoc Company, Inc. for the registration of 2,243,590 shares of its common
stock with attached 997,152 common stock purchase rights and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated April 19, 2001, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of Potain Group S.A. included
in The Manitowoc Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 11, 2001,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                        Ernst and Young Audit

                                        /s/ Ernst and Young Audit
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                                        Represented by Daniel Mary-Dauphin


April 10, 2002
Lyon, France