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<p class="MsoPlainText">I think we have had this discussion before. The externals links on the Wikipedia article point to Wabco.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._G._LeTourneau<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">We went to see the movie current wars recently and Westinghouse played a key role. We did see some steam engine powered generators<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Cecil Bearden AT list member, Oklahoma farmer, and Professional Engineer <crbearden@copper.net>; It was my understanding that Caterpillar bought LeTourneau as they were too much competition. A few Years ago Cat produced an Electric
Dozer. MTZ/Belarus has an Electric tractor they call the Locomotive. For an extra $5k option you can run the farm on it during power outages.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Cecil<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">[James] They were using the Komatsu dozers to harvest gravel from the sea floor near the coast at low tide. They were hauling it in with salvage AM General 6 by dumps.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">I bet Letourneau University did not change their name to Komatsu University.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">https://osuit.edu/komatsu/index.php<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">[ustonThomas Mehrkam engineering graduate of Letourneau University > <tmehrkam@sbcglobal.net>] <snip> I studied Engineering at Letourneau > University in Longview Tx. I met the man once. He was a real Genius > and worshiped by everyone
there. Unfortunately he died shortly after I > met him. The Letourneau factory was across the road from the school. > We toured the plant many times. They were manufacturing Giant Diesel > electric dump trucks for mining Operations among other things. They
> were also making Battle Ship shells. This was during the Vietnam war > and they were making munitions for the war effort. They even had their > own steel mill on the site. The School was great. <Snip><o:p></o:p></p>
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