Brown & Root, Inc.

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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.

From the guide to the Brown and Root, Inc. Photographs 84-25., 1968-1978, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)
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referencedIn Castaneda, Christopher James, 1959-. "Builders : George R. and Herman Brown" book research files, 1898-1995. Rice University, Fondren Library
referencedIn Gordon G. Lill Papers, 1948-1995 Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn Santa Fe Railroad Collection RG D 004., 1897-1968 Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Libary
creatorOf Johnson, J. W. (Joe William), 1908-. Beach erosion study at the Waukegan Plant, Commonwealth Edison Plant / by J.W. Johnson. Water Resources Collections and Archives
referencedIn Lill, Gordon G. Gordon G. Lill papers, 1948-1995. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Brown & Root / George R. Brown Executive Files MS 488., 1937-1978 Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
creatorOf Brown & Root, Inc. George R. Brown executive files, 1937-1978 Rice University, Fondren Library
creatorOf Brown and Root, Inc. Photographs 84-25., 1968-1978 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Canales, Alma, 1947-. Oral history interview with Alma Canales, 1997 [videorecording]. University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library
referencedIn Texas State Federation of Labor. Texas State Federation of Labor records, 1910-1961. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn J. W. Johnson Papers, 1863-2000 (bulk 1933-1988) Water Resources Collections and Archives
referencedIn Business and industry -- Brown & Root. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
creatorOf Brown & Root, Inc. Commonwealth Edison Company, Waukegan Plant, beach erosion study. Water Resources Collections and Archives
referencedIn Lill, Gordon G. Gordon G. Lill papers, 1948-1995. Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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associatedWith Armco Steel Corporation corporateBody
associatedWith Baker, James Addison, 1821-1897 person
associatedWith Brown, George R., 1898-1983 person
associatedWith Brown, Herman, 1892-1962 person
associatedWith Brown & Root, Inc. (Firm) corporateBody
associatedWith Brown Shipbuilding Company, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Canales, Alma, 1947- person
associatedWith Castaneda, Christopher James, 1959- person
associatedWith Commonwealth Edison Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Halliburton Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Johnson, J. W. (Joe William), 1908- person
associatedWith Johnson, J. W. (Joe William), b. 1908 person
associatedWith Lill, Gordon G. person
associatedWith Panhandle Eastern Corporation corporateBody
associatedWith Pre-stressed Concrete Products, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Santa Fe Railroad corporateBody
associatedWith Southland Paper Mills (Lufkin, Tex.) corporateBody
associatedWith Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Texas State Federation of Labor. corporateBody
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