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Mesquiter-A Tournadozer-80 tons J5G

Description: Photograph of Mesquiter-A Tournadozer-80 ton scraper, likely taken in Longview, Texas. Unidentified person in the cab. Vehicle at left gives some sense of the scraper's immense size.
Date: September 1948
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
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Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Landing Craft Retriever Lt8-55017-5-298

Description: Photograph of the Series MA-31 Landing Craft Retriever, originally completed by LeTourneau in November 1954. It was ordered by the U.S. Army, and only one was ever built. Its main mission was to drive into deep surf and retrieve beached or capsized amphibious vehicles, according to author Eric Orlemann.
Date: September 8, 1955
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
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Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Landing Craft Retriever Lt8-56132-6-27

Description: Photograph of the Series "MA-31" Landing Craft Retriever built for the U.S. Army by LeTourneau. It was the only LCR ever built, according to author Eric Orlemann. Its main mission was to drive into deep surf and retrieve beached or capsized amphibious vehicles.
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
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Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Spar, mobile, P0U, P-10-34, L 11431

Description: Photograph of the Series 90-S Mobile Spar. According to author Eric Orlemann, "the Mobile Spar was a diesel-electric transporter equipped with a folding 130-foot guy wire tower." It was built for hauling lumber up steep slopes. Only one unit was built and sold to a lumber company in McCall, Idaho.
Date: September 1, 1956
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Tree Roller, Peru P0U,P-10-34, L 595

Description: Photograph of a group of unidentified men standing in front of a LeTourneau tree roller in Tournavista, Peru. The R.G. LeTourneau Foundation built this city on the headwaters of the Amazon River by clearing 990,000 acres it had been granted by the Peruvian government in exchange for building 31 miles of road through the Amazon rainforest.
Date: September 13, 1954
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library
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