Caterpillar D8 diesel tractor with LeTourneau angledozer in quarry, Mariana Islands
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Description
View of worker driving Caterpillar D8 diesel tractor with LeTourneau bulldozer pushing coral rock in a quarry on the Mariana Islands during World War II. Label on back: "Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Il. Rec'd from Washington, D.C. Office. W.B.T.'s. Their letter, 2-10-45. Model, D8. Description of work, Mariana Islands. 'Caterpillar' diesel D8 tractor with LeTourneau angledozer operated by a member of a Seabee battalion, pushing coral rock and gravel over ledges of a quarry where the material is loaded by shovels into trucks. The coral rock is used for road and airstrip surfacing, foundation fills for buildings, etc." Handwritten on back: "Bulldozers."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na032569
- Subject:
- Caterpillar tractors
- Bulldozers
- Quarries and quarrying--Mariana Islands
- World War, 1939-1945
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Bulldozers, 86:2
- Negative Number:
- 45977
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.