Chapter 5.4
Prefabrication Companies/Projects Aphabetically S-Z
Stop-gap
housing: Illustration
Reliance Homes
Prefab Home Series.
This hoisting machine demonstrates how the
sections of the houses are lifted into place. Five-man crew
erected four complete homes in one day. This production feat was
accomplished by Reliance Homes, Inc., local distributors for
these dwellings, which were fabricated at Lester, Pennsylvania.
Steel aluminum prefabricated, drywall construction, radiant heat,
three bedrooms, at a price of $10,490 each.
Philadelphia,
Penna. Home-building Miracle.
Two hours after trucks of Reliance
Homes, Inc., Lester, Pa. rolled up in front of a vacant site,
this family was ready to move into the modern, six-room dwelling
now standing on the lot. Not to be confused with so-called
prefabricated homes, the Reliance Home is built in seven finished
sections, each a complete unit assembled at the plant. The home,
which sells for $8,950, is built on the principle of a battleship
with a rigid steel structure and an exterior sheathed in
aluminum.
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Pictured is one of the seven units of the Reliance Home
being anchored to the foundation prior to the welding of the
individual units into one. Two hours after trucks of Reliance
Homes, Inc., Lester, Pa., rolled up to the vacant lot, a modern,
six-room dwelling was virtually ready for occupancy. The first
factory-built dwelling ever to receive a class A report by the
FHA's technical division, it may be the answer to one of
America's foremost problems. The sturdy home is listed at
$8,950.
Steelox
House-developed by Insulated Steel Construction
Company-Middletown, Ohio-Steelox Co. Chicago
Stran Steel
House-Stran Steel Corporation and Good Housekeeping- O'Dell and
Rowland Architect- Dwight James Baum Associate
"Stresdwood
Company" Prefab Rib Sections
"Stresdwood
Company" Prefab Rib Sections
Texas Housing
Co.-Homette
- Advertisement
for Texas Pre-Fabricated House and Tent Co. (Image not available)
U.S. Forest
Products Laboratory-complete house as exhibited at Madison
Wisconsin House Show. Was erected in 21 hours by 7 men.
Universal House
Corporation-Zanesville, Ohio. "Experimental House"
A 17-ton
pre-cast concrete roof is put into position by vacuum lifting
device. This is one house of 200 similarly built in Norfolk,
Virginia.
Wheeling Steel
House- Wheeling Corrugated Co.- Wheeling West Virginia- Charles
Bacon Rowley and Associates, Architect-recent construction
view
New Wood
Construction
Illinois. A
prefabricated house is trucked to a home site in Franklin Park,
in the midwestern State of Illinois.
Franklin Park,
Illinois. A workman sets the floor joints of a prefabricated
house in a home construction plant at Franklin Park, in the
midwestern State of Illinois.
Stop-gap
housing: Illustration
Reliance Homes
Prefab Home Series.
This hoisting machine demonstrates how the
sections of the houses are lifted into place. Five-man crew
erected four complete homes in one day. This production feat was
accomplished by Reliance Homes, Inc., local distributors for
these dwellings, which were fabricated at Lester, Pennsylvania.
Steel aluminum prefabricated, drywall construction, radiant heat,
three bedrooms, at a price of $10,490 each.
Philadelphia,
Penna. Home-building Miracle.
Two hours after trucks of Reliance
Homes, Inc., Lester, Pa. rolled up in front of a vacant site,
this family was ready to move into the modern, six-room dwelling
now standing on the lot. Not to be confused with so-called
prefabricated homes, the Reliance Home is built in seven finished
sections, each a complete unit assembled at the plant. The home,
which sells for $8,950, is built on the principle of a battleship
with a rigid steel structure and an exterior sheathed in
aluminum.
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Pictured is one of the seven units of the Reliance Home
being anchored to the foundation prior to the welding of the
individual units into one. Two hours after trucks of Reliance
Homes, Inc., Lester, Pa., rolled up to the vacant lot, a modern,
six-room dwelling was virtually ready for occupancy. The first
factory-built dwelling ever to receive a class A report by the
FHA's technical division, it may be the answer to one of
America's foremost problems. The sturdy home is listed at
$8,950.
Steelox
House-developed by Insulated Steel Construction
Company-Middletown, Ohio-Steelox Co. Chicago
Stran Steel
House-Stran Steel Corporation and Good Housekeeping- O'Dell and
Rowland Architect- Dwight James Baum Associate
"Stresdwood
Company" Prefab Rib Sections
"Stresdwood
Company" Prefab Rib Sections
Texas Housing
Co.-Homette
U.S. Forest
Products Laboratory-complete house as exhibited at Madison
Wisconsin House Show. Was erected in 21 hours by 7 men.
Universal House
Corporation-Zanesville, Ohio. "Experimental House"
A 17-ton
pre-cast concrete roof is put into position by vacuum lifting
device. This is one house of 200 similarly built in Norfolk,
Virginia.
Wheeling Steel
House- Wheeling Corrugated Co.- Wheeling West Virginia- Charles
Bacon Rowley and Associates, Architect-recent construction
view
New Wood
Construction
Illinois. A
prefabricated house is trucked to a home site in Franklin Park,
in the midwestern State of Illinois.
Franklin Park,
Illinois. A workman sets the floor joints of a prefabricated
house in a home construction plant at Franklin Park, in the
midwestern State of Illinois.