title: [LeTourneau Industries]
contributor: LeTourneau University Archives
date: 1945~
language: No Language
description: Photograph of the LeTourneau Industries oil rig building facility
 near Vicksburg, Mississippi, which began operation in 1944. The photograph
 shows an aerial view of the facility. The platforms were assembled on the
 river band and were walked into the river for final fitting. From Vicksburg,
 the river tow boats transported the rigs to New Orleans, Louisiana, where they
 were transferred to the Gulf by ocean going tugs. The first off-shore drilling
 rig ever created was designed and built by Robert G. LeTourneau without any
 formal drawings or plans.
subject: Business, Economics and Finance - Oil and Gas
subject: oil rigs
coverage: United States - Mississippi - Warren County
coverage: Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
coverage: 1945~
type: Photograph
format: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 28 cm.
format: Image
identifier: local-cont-no: GC0189
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191322/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth191322