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#66 Henry Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West

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Kaiser Turns a Loss Into an Opportunity

The Shasta Dam contract indirectly led Kaiser into manufacturing durable goods. By 1939, Kaiser had spent a quarter of a century in construction. His men had used millions of barrels of cement. The magnitude of Kaiser's feats in shipbuilding after 1940 simply dwarfed what transpired earlier.

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