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Vernon R. Covell

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Vernon R. Covell was an American engineer. He was chief engineer of the Allegheny County Public Works Department.

A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

Works include:

His leadership and relative contribution vis-a-vis others in one design project is discussed in a HAER document.[3]

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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Barker, Richard M.; Puckett, Jay A. (2013). Design of Highway Bridges: An LRFD Approach. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118330104.
  3. ^ a b pa3845 Archived October 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine