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In 1953 the three started a new parallel joint venture Ukropina-Polich-Kral of San Gabriel, a general contractor company. United Concrete Pipe Corporation headquarters was at 85th St. and Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, California. One Works Progress Administration project was the Wawona Tunnel built in 1933. [2]
The first reinforced concrete building in Southern California was the Laughlin Annex in downtown Los Angeles, constructed in 1905. [16] [17] In 1906, 16 building permits were reportedly issued for reinforced concrete buildings in the City of Los Angeles, including the Temple Auditorium and 8-story Hayward Hotel. [18] [19]
Wurlitzer Building is made of reinforced concrete and brick with a multi-colored terra cotta facade and features a Spanish Renaissance design with decorative cornice, arched windows, and bas relief. The Wurlitzer name is carved into the building, with the names Mozart and Verdi carved in medallions beneath it. [1] [2] [3]
San Dimas (Spanish for "Saint Dismas") [10] is a city in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 census , its population was 34,924. It historically took its name from San Dimas Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains above the northern section of present-day San Dimas.
The 15-story Ingalls Building in Cincinnati, Ohio became the world's first reinforced concrete skyscraper in 1903. Ernest Leslie Ransome (1844–1917 [1]) was an English-born engineer, architect, and early innovator in reinforced concrete building techniques. Ransome devised the most sophisticated concrete structures in the United States at the ...
The San Dimas Dam is located in Los Angeles County, California within the Angeles National Forest. The dam is 130.9 feet (39.9 m) high and 339.8 feet (103.6 m) long, with a storage capacity of 1,515 acre feet (1,869,000 m 3) of water. [5] The dam is surrounded by the San Gabriel Mountains and has an incoming flow from the San Dimas Creek.
The American Concrete Institute (ACI, formerly National Association of Cement Users or NACU) is a non-profit technical society and standards developing organization. ACI was founded in January 1905 during a convention in Indianapolis. [1] [2] The Institute's headquarters are currently located in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA. ACI's mission is ...
Ride & Show Engineering, Inc. is an American private company that conceptualizes, develops, and builds attractions, show action equipment, and transportation systems. In 1984 Eduard Feuer and William Watkins, the former Senior Project Engineer and Chief Mechanical Engineer, respectively, for Walt Disney Imagineering, established Ride & Show in California.