Hennebique reinforced concrete constructions in Eastern Algeria: patrons and contractors (1900-1930)

Hennebique did a thriving business in Algeria, building large structures for public investors as well as private commissions. The company’s Algiers office, established in 1893, was the center, but its network of licensee contractors, spread throughout the territory, underwent rapid growth in the first quarter of the 20th century. Eastern Algeria, the object of intensive agricultural colonization since the mid-19th century, especially under the leadership of the Compagnie Genevoise des Colonie...