Word: dieselization
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...scoffed. Canipe got two enormous, aged anchors from a Norfolk junk yard, fastened cable lines to them and dropped them a quarter-mile out at sea. The other ends of the cable were fastened to the Babun's freshly oiled winches. One morning the Babun's twin diesel motors began to purr, her winches started to wind, and the big pull was on. The next morning the Babun was floating free and riding out a vicious northeaster. It was the most successful salvage operation in the history of Cape Hatteras...
...Change. A compact, lightweight diesel engine for small fishing and pleasure boats was put on sale by General Motors. The 1,500-lb. engine delivers 87 h.p. to the propeller. G.M. claims that it is quieter, cheaper to operate and safer than a gas engine. Price...
Short Tractor. The smallest truck trac tor on the market (96 in. from bumper to back of cab) is rolling off production lines at the White Motor Co. in Cleve land. By canting the 200 h.p. diesel engine 20° to the right, White engineers have saved more than a foot of space, which can be used for cargo. Thus the new tractor can haul a 35-ft. trailer and still keep within the 45-ft. overall limit set by most states. Price of the new tractor...
...tackle the biggest of them all in 1931-the Arizona-Nevada giant Hoover Dam that was to rise 726 ft. above the Colorado River, generate power at the rate of 4 billion kw. a year. On Deadwood, M-K used some of the first bulldozers, began testing diesel trucks, gas-powered revolving shovels, learned to haul equipment over mountains as high as 7,400 ft. on log roads. Even more important, MK's idea for joint ventures was a solution to the dam builders' growing financial problem: projects were so huge that few companies had the means...
...Greyhound's Highway Traveler (6-ft., nonglare picture win dows, a compressed-air suspension system for easy riding), adds some brand-new ones of its own. The 40-ft. long, split-level bus carries 43 passengers, has a washroom, a new air-conditioning and heating system and twin diesel engines...