Making tracks
Subtitle: railroading : the Utah Construction Company, 1900-1930 : commemorating the Utah Construction/Utah International collection.
Contributors: Stewart Library,; Utah International Inc.
Publisher: Weber State University, Stewart Library Special Collections
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [Ogden, Utah]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
Subjects: Utah International Inc; Utah Construction & Mining Co; Railroads -- United States -- Design and construction -- History; Railroads -- Mexico -- Design and construction -- History; Construction industry -- Utah -- History
Other titles: Railroading : the Utah Construction Company, 1900-1930.; Utah Construction Company, 1900-1930.
Notes: Utah Construction Company was founded in Ogden, Utah on Jan. 1900 by Edmund O., William H., and Warren L. Wattis. In its early years, the company was involved in railroad building throughout the West and in Mexico. It also became involved in ranching. By the end of the 1920s, the company had branched into dam building. During World War II, Utah Construction took on war-contracts, often in partnership with other companies. In the postwar period, the company expanded into mining, dredging, and land development, and moved its headquarters to San Francisco. It changed its name to Utah Construction and Mining Company, and eventually to Utah International, Inc. In 1976 the company merged with General Electric, but it was eventually sold in 1983 to Broken Hill Proprietary, an Australian mining concern.

WSU MASC copy donated by Weber State University Library.

WSU MASC copy is: 002-122233844.