Wiliam Joseph Rohan. A Constructor In The Building of the Americas

Hawkins, William G.

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1957 signed and inscribed limited edition, Winston Brothers Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 7 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches tall green cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover, all page edges gilt, green marbled endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 99, [2] pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Very minor bumping to lower edge of front cover. Quarter-inch tear to top of marbled front free-endpaper. Nicely inscribed and signed by the subject of this biography, William Joseph Rohan, on the blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce history of contractor Winston Brothers Company of Minneapolis and biography of its president, Bill Rohan. ~HHH~ [2.0P] A biography of William J. (Bill) Rohan (b. 1886), and history of the construction company he headed for many years, Winston Brothers Company of Minneapolis. Contents: William Joseph Rohan has been in the Construction Business for Over 51 Years; Company Background Founded in 1875; His Family Background; Foreman Bill Rohan (1906-1916); With Winston Brothers Company (1909-1916); Constructor Bill Becomes a Family Man; The Project General Supervisor (1915-1923); Mystic Lake Hydroelectric Development; Operations in South America; The District Manager (1925-1931); Executive, Supervisor, Coordinator (1931-1949); World War II (1941-1945); Greater Responsibilities (1946-1949); President (1949-); In Memoriam: Charles Schaefer Whitaker (1880-1950), Luther Stevens Oakes (1877-1955); The Saga of Constructor Bill.

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• Titel: Wiliam Joseph Rohan. A Constructor In The Building of the Americas
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