Army Truck Rides Cable Over River in Speed Trial

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Quickly building a cable bridge, instead of the pontoon variety, army engineers of Fort Riley, Kans., recently sent a seven-ton military truck across the Smoky Hill river three hours after construction was started. The truck was lifted in upright position by its in upright position by its wheels which were slung in “baskets” made of heavy ropes and chains.

Title (Dublin Core)
Army Truck Rides Cable Over River in Speed Trial
Subject (Dublin Core)
en
en
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
Army Truck Rides Cable Over River in Speed Trial
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)
World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core)
1941-07
Is Part Of (Dublin Core)
Popular Mechanics, v. 76, n. 1, 1941
pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
32
Rights (Dublin Core)
Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core)
Google books
References (Dublin Core)
Fort Riley
Kansas
Smoky Hill River
Archived by (Dublin Core)
Enrico Saonara
Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core)
United States of America