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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 1, January 1, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 1, January 1, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: January 1, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 2, January 15, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 2, January 15, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: January 15, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 3, February 1, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 3, February 1, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: February 1, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 4, February 15, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 4, February 15, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: February 15, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 5, March 1, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 5, March 1, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: March 1, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 6, March 15, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 6, March 15, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: March 15, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 7, April 1, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 7, April 1, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: April 1, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 8, April 15, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 8, April 15, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: April 15, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 9, May 1, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 9, May 1, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: May 1, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 10, May 15, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 10, May 15, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: May 15, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 11, June 1, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 11, June 1, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: June 1, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tournavista, Peru, The Robert G. ship, stranded 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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 12, June 15, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 12, June 15, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: June 15, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 13, July 1, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 13, July 1, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: July 1, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 14, July 15, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 14, July 15, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: July 15, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 15, August 1, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 15, August 1, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: August 1, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 16, August 15, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 16, August 15, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: August 15, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 17, September 1, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 17, September 1, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: September 1, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 18, September 15, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 18, September 15, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: September 15, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 19, October 1, 1954 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 8, Number 19, October 1, 1954

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: October 1, 1954
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History