[LeTourneau Dome Construction]

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Photograph of the dome construction at LeTourneau Munitions, Inc., a company that produced massive amounts of ammunition during WWII in Longview, Texas. The heavy machinery used to construct the dome were designed and built by Robert G. LeTourneau.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2010 and was provided by the Longview Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 2463 times, with 8 in the last month. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of the dome construction at LeTourneau Munitions, Inc., a company that produced massive amounts of ammunition during WWII in Longview, Texas. The heavy machinery used to construct the dome were designed and built by Robert G. LeTourneau.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 26 cm.

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User Feedback: "The Longview facility was not founded until 1946. While true that LeTourneau was instrumental in winning the war, it was through heavy equipment that it was done so and not with bombs. As a matter of fact 70% of the heavy equipment that the Allies used was manufactured by LeTourneau. Bombs were not manufactured until the Vietnam Conflict. Over 3 million bombs casings were manufactured at the Longview facility. The five domes that are in Longview were not built until the 50's and 60's."

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[LeTourneau Dome Construction], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191308/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Longview Public Library.

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