http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?freeformQuery%3Dirish;expand%3Dsubject;f1-subject%3DConstruction%20projects%20--%20Soviet%20Union. Results for your query: freeformQuery=irish;expand=subject;f1-subject=Construction projects -- Soviet Union. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5040.xml The Austin Company, a carpentry and contracting business, was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1878 by Samuel Austin. Austin became known for his quality work, and by 1904 incorporated his business as the Samuel Austin & Son Company. Wilbert J. Austin, Samuel's son, devised "The Austin Method," a unique bundling of engineering, construction, and design services intended to streamline the building process, as well as a model for a "controlled conditions" plant, a major improvement over the hot, stifling factory environment of the day. The Austin Company grew rapidly during World War I and was able to stay solvent following the stock market crash of 1929, mostly due to the firm's major contract to build the Gorky Automobile Plant in Gorky, Russia. Business saw another increase during World War II and again during the post-war years as the Company branched out beyond industrial construction to build department stores and retail shopping centers, including the Severance Center in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Overseas o... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5040.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT