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Lustron House, pre-fabricated, all steel, porcelain-enamel, 2 bedrooms on concrete slab, built in 1948, 4647 3rd Street South, Arlington, Arlington County, VA, demolished 2007. 5201 12th Street , South, Arlington, VA, surveyed by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), [ 35 ] demolished October 24, 2016.
A steel framing system was devised consisting of vertical steel studs and roof-ceiling trusses to which all interior and exterior panels were attached. The concept of prefabricated housing was well established by firms such as The Aladdin Company , Gordon-Van Tine Company , Montgomery Ward , and Sears in the early 1900s.
Commercial Metals Company (CMC), headquartered in Irving, Texas, is a producer of rebar and related products for the construction industry. Along with Nucor, it is one of two primary suppliers of steel used to reinforce concrete in buildings, bridges, roads, and infrastructure in the U.S. The company also owns Tensar, a producer of foundation ...
In 2001, the company reached a 4-year collective bargaining agreement with its labor union. [9] In 2002, U.S. Steel canceled its marketing agreement with the company. [10] In 2007, the company was acquired by U.S. Steel. [2] In March 2016, U.S. Steel idled the plant. [3] In December 2016, U.S. Steel permanently closed a section of the plant. [11]
The Tower of the Americas is a 750-foot (229-meter) observation tower-restaurant located in the Hemisfair district in the southeastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. The tower was designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford [ 1 ] and was built as the theme structure of the 1968 World's Fair, HemisFair '68 . [ 2 ]
The Fox company started as a small photo studio by a man named Arthur C. Fox in San Antonio, Texas. Carl Newton, a Canadian, moved to San Antonio and purchased the studio at the end of 1909 for $700 (equivalent to $21,111 in 2021), as amateur photography was in its infancy.
Steel Eel is a steel roller coaster located at SeaWorld San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas. Manufactured and designed by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing , the roller coaster opened on March 6, 1999, and was the single-biggest investment by the park at the time.
Iron Rattler is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio. The ride originally opened in 1992 as Rattler , the tallest wooden roller coaster in the world. It was converted to steel in 2013 by Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC), led by designer Alan Schilke , and reopened as Iron Rattler.