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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.
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June 13, 1954
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R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
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The Portal to Texas History