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Tournapull and a Tournacrane EC-15, J5G, 20489
Photograph of a Tournapull and a Tournacrane EC-15 on a railroad flatcar, likely by the Peoria, Illinois plant, since the flatcar has "Illinois Central" stenciled on it.
Date:
September 1948
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Log Stacker, Double Jointed J5G L-13578
Photograph of a double-jointed log stacker in action. Location is unknown.
Date:
September 1, 1957
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
Mesquiter-A Tournadozer-80 tons J5G
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transporter, off-road,with Tree Roller P0U,P-10-34, L 8459
Photograph of a LeTourneau Model C-6 Transporter carrying a tree roller. The transporter had six electric drive wheels and a load capacity of 35 tons, according to Eric C. Orlemann
Date:
September 7, 1956
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spar, mobile, P0U, P-10-34, L 11431
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tong Crane, Log Loader P0U,P-10-34, L 11455
Photograph of a Series "R" Log Loader, according to information from author Eric Orlemann. It was designed to load logs onto trucks for transit. Only three Series "R" Log Loaders were listed as being built.
Date:
September 1, 1956
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Landing Craft Retriever Lt8-55017-5-298
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Landing Craft Retriever Lt8-56132-6-27
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History