Why people thought steel houses were a good idea

It was supposed to be the future of housing.
What went wrong? Subscribe and turn on notifications ? so you dont miss any videos: Why arent homes made of steel? In the late 1940s one company posed that question.
Lustron was a prefabricated home that was supposed to be the future of housing.
So why did it fail? For just a few years 1947 to 1950 the Columbus Ohio-based Lustron represented the future of housing.
Using a steel frame and porcelain enamel-covered steel panels Lustron made homes in a factory and shipped them around the country. Voxs Phil Edwards visited a Lustron home just outside Dayton Ohio to experience the unusual features like magnetic walls for himself.
This homes quirks werent relegated to the materials.
Through a combination of government funding sources an attempt to reinvent the production cycle for home and a unique distribution plan the Lustron home helps explain how housing does and doesnt work in America. Further reading: Tom Fetterss book The Lustron Home is packed full of charts graphs original letters and a clear and concise history of the companys successes and failures. Suburban Steel Douglas Knerrs look at Lustron covers similar ground but with more of an eye toward government drama and the complexities of public funding for a private business. Located in Columbus the Ohio History Connection has a reconstructed Lustron as an exhibit.
They also have online resources including the linked instruction manual. The Whitehall Historical society writes here about their reconstruction of a Lustron home. If you want to stay in a Lustron you can.
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