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The Route 66 Historical Village at 3770 Southwest Boulevard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an open-air museum along historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66). [1] The village includes a 194-foot-tall (59 m) oil derrick at the historic site of the first oil strike in Tulsa on June 25, 1901, which helped make Tulsa the "Oil Capital of the World". [1]
David John Fletcher MBE (born 1942 [1]) is an English author and military historian specialising in the history of armoured warfare, particularly that of the United Kingdom. He was an employee of The Tank Museum , Bovington from 1982 until December 2012, becoming the museum's longest serving member of staff. [ 2 ]
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The tank's power plant supplies kinetic energy to move the tank, and electric power via a generator to components such as the turret rotation motors and the tank's electronic systems. The tank power plant evolved from predominantly petrol and adapted large-displacement aeronautical or automotive engines to diesel engines .
Initially announced in 2009, the museum is to showcase "the influence of Oklahoma artists on popular culture around the world." Long-delayed OKPOP Museum in Tulsa lays off much of its staff: What ...
The No1 Lincoln Machine, with lengthened Bullock tracks and Creeping Grip tractor suspension, September 1915. Work on Little Willie's predecessor began in July 1915 by the Landship Committee to meet The United Kingdom's requirement in World War I for an armoured combat vehicle able to cross an 8-foot (2.4 m) trench.
Ray Richey of the Texas Civil War Museum stands with a coat worn by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on Wednesday, January 30, 2013. The coat and some swords are being added to the collection.