R. G. LeTourneau demonstrating the Tournatow to Carl Estes
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Photograph of R.G. LeTourneau demonstrating the Tournatow to Longview (Texas) newspaper publisher Carl Estes. It was the first vehicle to feature electric-traction motors mounted in the wheel assemblies themselves. The four-wheel-drive and -steer tractor was being demonstrated at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, on 1950-11-17.
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Unknown.
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
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