Vernon Royce Covell (1866–1949) was an American engineer. He was chief engineer of the Allegheny County Public Works Department.
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| Born | Vernon Royce Covell December 13, 1866 Jefferson, Ohio, US |
| Died | December 21, 1949 (aged 83) Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, US |
| Burial place | Woodlawn Cemetery, Wilkinsburg |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Spouse |
Corrie Bailey (m. 1897) |
| Children | 1 |
A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Biography
editVernon R. Covell was born in Jefferson, Ohio on December 13, 1866. He graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in civil engineering in 1895.[2]
He married Corrie Bailey on October 6, 1897, and they had one daughter.[2]
Covell died at his home in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania on December 21, 1949, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.[3]
Selected works
edit- Armstrong Tunnel, between Forbes and Second Aves. at S. Tenth St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- Liberty Bridge, over the Monongahela River Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, V. R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- McKees Rocks Bridge, LR 76, Spur 2, over Ohio River at Bellevue Bellevue, PA (Covell, V. R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- Rachel Carson Bridge, Allegheny River at Ninth St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- Andy Warhol Bridge, Allegheny River at Seventh St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- Roberto Clemente Bridge, Allegheny River at Sixth St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- South Tenth Street Bridge, Monongahela River at S. Tenth St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- George Westinghouse Bridge, over the Turtle Creek Valley (Covell, Vernon R.)[4]
His leadership and relative contribution vis-a-vis others in one design project is discussed in a HAER document.[5]
He was author of "The Bridge-Raising Program on the Allegheny River in Allegheny County," an article in the Proceedings of the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania 41 (1925): 83, and author of "Erecting a Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge—Seventh Street Bridge at Pittsburgh," in the Engineering News-Record 97 (1926): 502.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Rook, Charles Alexander, ed. (1923). Western Pennsylvanians: A Work for Newspaper and Library Reference. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Western Pennsylvania Biographical Association. p. 293. Retrieved November 1, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Rites for V. R. Covell, Sunday School Leader". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. December 24, 1949. p. 4. Retrieved November 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Barker, Richard M.; Puckett, Jay A. (2013). Design of Highway Bridges: An LRFD Approach. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118330104.
- ^ a b pa3845 Archived October 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine