Caterpillar D7 diesel tractor with Hyster winch and LeTourneau bulldozer, Canol Pipeline Project
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Description
View of Caterpillar D7 diesel tractor with Hyster winch and LeTourneau bulldozer working on hillside during the Canol Pipeline Project during World War II. Label on back: "Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Il. Rec'd from Henry Flynn. Date taken, 1944. Model, D7. Description of work, Canol Pipeline Project. 'Caterpillar' diesel D7 tractor with Hyster winch and LeTourneau bulldozer working upgrade. 'Caterpillar' diesels swamped out right-of-way at the average rate of 2 miles an hour through the bush. Clearing was rather easy owing to the shallow root system of the trees occasioned by the fact that the ground did not thaw out more then two of three feet in the summer." Handwritten on back: "Bulldozers."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na032565
- Subject:
- Caterpillar tractors
- Bulldozers
- Canol Project
- World War, 1939-1945
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1944
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4.25 x 6.25 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Bulldozers, 86:2
- Negative Number:
- 44609
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.