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Fort Knox. Earth moving equipment. A huge carryall scraper, helping to build a new access road at Fort Knox, Kentucky, needs these enormous tires to support the great weight of machine and load under all conditions of travel
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Credit lineFort Knox. Earth moving equipment. A huge carryall scraper, helping to build a new access road at Fort Knox, Kentucky, needs these enormous tires to support the great weight of machine and load under . 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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