A Guide to the Brown and Root, Inc. Photographs, 1968-1978
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator: | Brown and Root, Inc. | |
| Title: | Brown and Root, Inc. Photographs | |
| Dates: | 1968-1978 | |
| Abstract: | Photographs are of Brown and Root, Inc., construction projects and operations in the 1960s and 1970s. | |
| Accession No.: | 84-25 | |
| Extent: | 16 color prints. | |
| Language: | Materials are written in English. | |
| Repository: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin | |
Historical Note
Brothers-in-law Dan Root and Herman Brown founded Brown and Root, Inc. in 1919 as a road-building company by brothers-in-law Dan Root and Herman Brown. In the following decades the company expanded into larger industrial construction projects including offshore oil platforms and dams. In the 1960s Brown and Root, Inc. was purchased by the Haliburton Company. Haliburton merged Brown and Root with the M.W. Kellogg Company in the 1990s to form Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR). KBR became a stand-alone company in April 2007.
Scope and Contents
Photographs are of Brown and Root, Inc., construction projects and operations in the 1960s and 1970s. Subjects include power plants, chemical plants, dams, oil rigs and tugboats.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Index Terms | ||
| Subjects (Organizations) | ||
| Brown and Root, Inc. | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Chemical industry—Texas | ||
| Construction and development | ||
| Dams—Texas | ||
| Petroleum industry--Texas | ||
| Shipping--Texas. | ||
| Places | ||
| Bay City (Tex.) | ||
| Houston (Tex.) | ||
| Savoy (Tex.) | ||
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Brown and Root, Inc. Photographs, 1968-1978, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Photographs: | |||||||||||||
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| 3S29 | Texas Power and Light Commpany – Valley Steam Electric Statino No. 2, Savoy, Texas | ||||||||||||
| Parrish Power Plant | |||||||||||||
| Dart Chemical Plant | |||||||||||||
| Celanese Plant, Bay City, Texas | |||||||||||||
| Armco Steel | |||||||||||||
| Brown and Root, Inc. Greens Bayou Fabricating Yard | |||||||||||||
| Brown and Root, Inc. Headquarters, Houston, Texas | |||||||||||||
| Mansfield Dam | |||||||||||||
| Marble Falls Dam | |||||||||||||
| Tugboats [2] |
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| Oil Drilling Rigs
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| Pipeline | |||||||||||||