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Word: clairtown (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...made of prefabricated steel built by Armco, the company is in effect developing a new outlet for its products. Armco is thus following the lead of big U. S. Steel Corp., which since last September has been stamping out prefabricated steel parts for a similar housing development at Clairtown, Pa. near its vast new Irvin Works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: Steel Homesteads | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

With an estimated shortage of 2,000 houses in and around the Clairtown area, the building firm of Gilbert-Varker, Inc. persuaded Big Steel to cooperate in erecting a 300-house, 92-acre subdivision known as Colonial Village. FHA got behind 80% of the project's $1,314,000 total cost, local investment bankers did the rest. Costing $4,200 to $4,800 each, the houses use as much as 7,000 lbs. of steel, compared to the 2,380 Ibs. in the usual small dwelling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: Steel Homesteads | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

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