Deluge of dam work for wire rope and fittings suppliers

摘要

Last year Ulven Co. was awarded a contract from the US Army Corp of Engineers for wire rope assemblies for a number of dams in Oklahoma. An interesting fact about this contract was that the money was provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This is the largest award for just wire ropes under the Act! The contract was worth nearly $3 million. Over one hundred years ago, before Oklahoma was even a state, farmers working the fertile land in the vicinity of the Arkansas River founded Kaw City. The discovery of oil nearby added to the hectic pace of life in the area. But watery weather soon caught up with the town during a devastating 1923 flood of the region. Spirits not broken by that event were no doubt finished oil during the Great Dust Bowl resulting during the heart of the Great Depression of the 1930s.