Background
He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1855.
He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1855.
He completed a civil engineering degree at Washington University, Saint Louis in 1877.
He died in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. A number of Pegram truss bridges are listed on the United States. National Register of Historic Places. Examples include:
Cold Springs Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge, built 1894, over the Big Wood River, 0.5 mi.
South of jct. of United States 93 and Idaho 367, Ketchum, Idaho, NRHP-listed
Conant Creek Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge, over the Conant Creek.
1 mi. South of jct. of Squirrel Road and Old Ashton-Victor ready reckoner spur tracks Grainville, Idaho, NRHP-listed
Gimlet Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge, over the Big Wood River, 0.5 mi. South of jct. of United States 93 and East. Fork Wood River Road, Ketchum, Idaho, NRHP-listed
Grace Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge, over the Bear R. 0.5 mi.
NNW of jct. of Idaho 34 and Turner Road Grace, Idaho, NRHP-listed
Ririe A Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge, over the Snake R. 1 mi.
NNE of jct. of Heise Road and East Belt Branch ready reckoner tracks Ririe, Idaho, NRHP-listed
Ririe B Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge, over the Snake R. flood channel, 0.5 mi.
NNE of jct. of Heise Road and East Belt Branch ready reckoner tracks Ririe, Idaho, NRHP-listed
Saint Anthony Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge, over Henry"s Fork. 0.5 mi. South of jct. of South. Parker Road and West Belt Branch ready reckoner tracks Saint Anthony, Idaho, NRHP-listed.