Mammoth tractor
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Titolo
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Mammoth tractor
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Article Title and/or Image Caption
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How the British Hauled Their Giant Guns to the Flanders Front
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Caption: A mammoth tractor of great power and two trailer trucks haul the monster guns to the front over
the splendid roads of Flanders—roads that have been reconstructed by the Engineer Corps
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THE transportation of one of the enor-
mous guns used in tl > present war
is a task which presents great mechanical
difficulties. The weight of the guns and
their great length make even |
their transportation by rail-
road anything but a simple
matter. But railroads are not |
always and everywhere avail-
able. When the front is ad- |
vanced, the big guns must be
carried on to be used in the
following artillery operation. |
It would be absolutely im-
possible to transport the guns
in their entirety. They are |
taken to pieces and transported.
The gun itself, the heaviest
part and the one most difficult |
to manage, is carried upon |
trailers with broad wheels,
pulled by a gigantic tractor re-
sembling an overgrown steam
roller. The picture shows a |
twelve-inch naval gun and
gives a good idea of the length
and caliber of this terrible in-
strument of destruction which |
is capable to hurl tons of steel
a distance of many miles. |
The roads are excellent, as |
the Engineers follow up the ad-
vances and reconstruct them.
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Autore secondario
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Underwood and Underwood (photo)
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Lingua
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eng
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Data di rilascio
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1918-04
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pagine
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486
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Diritti
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
