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- catalog abstract "In this freewheeling saga of American industrial might, civil engineer Donald E. Wolf tells how a giant combine of firms, Six Companies, built the great Hoover, Bonneville, and Grand Coulee Dams and laid the foundations for the Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay Bridges. Then, as the Second World War threatened, the Six Companies executives - in new, ever-changing combinations - undertook ever more spectacular projects. Together they were to play a major role in. Developing the modern American West, through the wide variety of their enterprises at home and overseas. Who were the men of Six Companies? The Bechtels designed and built much of the postwar infrastructure on a half-dozen continents, while constructing the world's largest engineering firm. Henry J. Kaiser created an industrial empire of steel, aluminum, chemicals, cement, automobiles, and health care. Marriner Eccles, who succeeded the Wattis bothers as the head of Utah. Construction Company, also served as Franklin Roosevelt's chair of the Federal Reserve Board. Harry Morrison was head of the Morrison Knudsen Company, which dominated international construction in the mid-twentieth century. Charles Swigert and Philip Hart of Pacific Bridge, Felix Kahn of McDonald and Kahn, and the indomitable Charlie Shea all were original Six Companies partners, and each made invaluable contributions to American industry through massive construction. Projects.".
- catalog contributor b9815640.
- catalog coverage "Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.)".
- catalog coverage "Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)".
- catalog coverage "Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) History.".
- catalog coverage "San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Construction Company, also served as Franklin Roosevelt's chair of the Federal Reserve Board. Harry Morrison was head of the Morrison Knudsen Company, which dominated international construction in the mid-twentieth century. Charles Swigert and Philip Hart of Pacific Bridge, Felix Kahn of McDonald and Kahn, and the indomitable Charlie Shea all were original Six Companies partners, and each made invaluable contributions to American industry through massive construction.".
- catalog description "Developing the modern American West, through the wide variety of their enterprises at home and overseas. Who were the men of Six Companies? The Bechtels designed and built much of the postwar infrastructure on a half-dozen continents, while constructing the world's largest engineering firm. Henry J. Kaiser created an industrial empire of steel, aluminum, chemicals, cement, automobiles, and health care. Marriner Eccles, who succeeded the Wattis bothers as the head of Utah.".
- catalog description "In this freewheeling saga of American industrial might, civil engineer Donald E. Wolf tells how a giant combine of firms, Six Companies, built the great Hoover, Bonneville, and Grand Coulee Dams and laid the foundations for the Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay Bridges. Then, as the Second World War threatened, the Six Companies executives - in new, ever-changing combinations - undertook ever more spectacular projects. Together they were to play a major role in.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographcal references (p. [317]-325) and index.".
- catalog description "Projects.".
- catalog extent "xi, 336 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0806128534 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,".
- catalog spatial "California.".
- catalog spatial "Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.)".
- catalog spatial "Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)".
- catalog spatial "Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) History.".
- catalog spatial "San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)".
- catalog spatial "Washington (State)".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "338.7/624/0978 20".
- catalog subject "Bridges California.".
- catalog subject "Construction industry West (U.S.) History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Dams California.".
- catalog subject "Dams Washington (State)".
- catalog subject "HD9517.U54 S539 1996".
- catalog subject "HD9715.U54 S539 1996".
- catalog subject "Six Companies History.".
- catalog title "Big dams and other dreams : the Six Companies story / by Donald E. Wolf ; foreword by Richard Lowitt.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".