Career
He was chief engineer of the Allegheny County Public Works Department. Works include:
Armstrong Tunnel, between Forbes and Second Aves. at South. Tenth Saint Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Covell, Vernon R), NRHP-listed
Liberty Bridge, over the Monongahela River Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Covell, V R), NRHP-listed
McKees Rocks Bridge, LR 76, Spur 2, over Ohio River at Bellevue Bellevue, Pennsylvania (Covell, V R), NRHP-listed
Rachel Carson Bridge, Allegheny River at Ninth Saint Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Covell, Vernon R), NRHP-listed
Andy Warhol Bridge, Allegheny River at Seventh Saint Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Covell, Vernon R), NRHP-listed
Roberto Clemente Bridge, Allegheny River at Sixth Saint Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Covell, Vernon R), NRHP-listed
South Tenth Street Bridge, Monongahela River at South. Tenth Saint Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Covell, Vernon R), NRHP-listed
His leadership and relative contribution vis-a-vis others in one design project is discussed in a HAER document. 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.
