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Logging Arch, P0U, P-10-34, L 6557
Photograph of a LeTourneau Logging Arch. According to Eric Orlemann, the logging arch was first introduced in 1935.
Date:
December 6, 1954
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tree Roller, 20 foot wide 150-Ton load capacity, J5G, Photo 3, L-3835
Photograph of a LeTourneau tree roller, with 20-foot rollers and 150-ton load capacity.
Date:
March 27, 1954
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Landing Craft Retriever Archive LT20
Photograph of the Series MA-31 Landing Craft Retriever, essentially a large mobile gantry crane structure, mounted on electric-drive wheels with 120-inch diameter tires. Built in November 1954 for the US Army, it was designed to retrieve beached or capsized amphibious landing craft. Only one LCR was tested by the military. (Eric C. Orlemann, LeTourneau Earthmovers)
Date:
1954
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overland Train 32-wheel train in downtown Longview. TX, J5G L-3973
Photograph of LeTourneau's overland train snaking its way through downtown Longview on April 20, 1954
Date:
April 20, 1954
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tree Roller, Peru P0U,P-10-34, L 595
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tree Roller No. 2
Photograph of LeTourneau's Tree Roller No. 2. (A very similar photo is thus described in "R.G. LeTourneau Heavy Equipment: The Electric Drive Era," by Eric Orlemann. After being field tested in Longview, Texas, this unit was shipped to Tournavista, Peru, to be used in land clearing projects there for the LeTourneau Foundation mission. The overall weight of the tree roller was about 100 tons.
Date:
April 8, 1954
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Robert G. Letourneau ship, stranded in Tournavista, Peru, P0U,P-10-34, L 5131
Photograph of the Robert G. LeTourneau ship, stuck in mud in the Amazon River, 1954-06-13. The R.G. LeTourneau Foundation built a 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:
June 13, 1954
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
System:
The Portal to Texas History