Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
Former American engineering company, 1889 to 2018, South Holland, Netherlands
Closed in 2018
Builder of Colony Tower Complex, the tower that rose in Clay Township in 1926, on the National Register since 1994.
The story
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company was a former American engineering company in South Holland, Netherlands, at work from 1889 until 2018. Metro Detroit knows Chicago Bridge & Iron Company by Colony Tower Complex, a tower in Clay Township, finished in 1926 and listed on the National Register in 1994. Built in the years the auto age reached every town around Detroit, it has stood for 100 years.
Go see Colony Tower Complex at 6503 Dyke RoadClay Township for yourself.
CB&I, originally known as Chicago Bridge & Iron Co, is a global EPC firm that specializes in storage solutions for infrastructure and industrial projects and asset management services. CB&I was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company's work in Metro Detroit
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Colony Tower Complex
1926, Clay Township, Structure
Still standing, photographed 2023
Photo: Notorious4life at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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- Colony Tower Complex (Clay Township, Michigan), 2012 Photo: Notorious4life at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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