American Bridge Company

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Notable Position Person From To
Chief Designer Charles A Kyle 1900 1914
Manager of Contracting Department, Gillette-Herzog branch Alexander Y Bayne 1900 1903

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Architect Salt River Southern Pacific RR Bridge Tempe
Architect Winslow Bridge Winslow, AZ
Architect I Street Bridge West Sacramento
Architect I Street Bridge Sacramento
Architect Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge Pittsburgh
Architect Blackstone Viaduct Blackstone
Architect Housatonic River Railroad Bridge Stratford
Architect Wenatchee Avenue Southbound Bridge Wenatchee
Architect Housatonic River Railroad Bridge Milford
Architect Soo Line High Bridge Stillwater
Architect Mianus River Railroad Bridge Greenwich
Architect Soo Line High Bridge Arcola Bluffs Day Use Area, Saint Croix NSR
Architect Thames River Railroad Bridge Groton, CT
Architect Ryefield Bridge Stuarts Corner
Architect Colorado Springs Airport Colorado Springs
Architect Delaware and Hudson Railroad Bridge AuSable
Architect Delaware and Hudson Railroad Bridge Peru
Architect Plata Bridge, Puerto Rico Naranjito
Architect Carpenter's Flats Bridge AuSable
Architect Harvey Railroad Bridge Harvey
Architect Carpenter's Flats Bridge Peru
Architect Louisville and Nashville Railroad Bridge Okawville
Architect Louisville and Nashville Railroad Bridge Okawville
Architect New Haven Railroad Danbury Turntable Danbury, CT
Architect Duluth and Iron Range Railway Ore Dock No 6 Two Harbors
Architect Jefferson Street Footbridge Springfield, MO
Architect Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Turntable Currie
Architect Bridge 26 Weybridge
Architect Stillwater Bridge Stillwater
Architect Depot Street Bridge Beacon Falls, CT
Architect Stillwater Bridge Houlton, WI
Architect Bridge 15 Sharon
Architect Hastings Subway Hastings
Architect Vance Creek Bridge Shelton
Architect Winooski River Bridge Richmond
Architect North Skunk River Bridge New Sharon, IA
Architect Quechee Gorge Bridge Hartford
Architect Jeffersonville Bridge Cambridge
Architect Cold River Bridge Clarendon
Architect Middlesex-Winooski River Bridge Middlesex
Architect Bridgewater Corners Bridge Bridgewater
Architect Taylor's Mill Historic District (Boundary Increase) Oldwick
Architect Susitna River Bridge Gold Creek
Architect United States Steel Corporation Office and Warehouse Portland
1900/04/00 Groton Bridge Company is purchased by the JP Morgan and Co's during the formation of the American Bridge Company. It will later be included in the 24 businesses listed in the AA and B News. Owner
1900/07/00 One of 24 businesses listed in the American Architect and Building News, Elmira Bridge Works of Elmira, New York, is taken over by the American Bridge Company. Owner
1900/07/00 Hilton Bridge and Construction Company of Albany, New York, becomes part of the American Bridge Company. It is one of 24 businesses listed in the American Architect and Building News. Owner
1900/07/07 Shiffler Bridge Companyof Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is merged into the American Bridge Company as one of 24 businesses forming into the new venture. Owner
1900/07/07 Youngstown Bridge Company in Youngstown, Ohio is advertised as one of 24 businesses forming into the new American Bridge Company. Owner
1900/07/07 Horseheads Bridge Company of Horseheads, New York, is one of 24 businesses that forms the American Bridge Company as listed in an ad in the American Architect and Building News. Owner
1900/07/07 Lassig Bridge and Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois, is merged into the American Bridge Company. It is one of 24 businesses listed in the American Architect and Building News. Owner
1900/07/07 Post and McCord of Brooklyn, New York becomes part of the American Bridge Company as one of 24 operations merged into the new enterprise. Owner
1900/07/07 Schultz Bridge and Iron Companyof Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania becomes part of the American Bridge Company as one of 24 operations merged into the new enterprise. Owner
1902/11/00 Skinners Falls-Milanville Bridge, a metal 12 Panel Pin-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, is completed across the Delaware River between Milanville, PA and Cochecton, NY. Engineer Millanville-Skinners Falls Bridge Milanville, PA
1902/11/00 Skinners Falls-Milanville Bridge, a metal 12 Panel Pin-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, is completed across the Delaware River between Milanville, PA and Cochecton, NY. Engineer Millanville-Skinners Falls Bridge Narrowsburg, NY
1905/00/00 The Lamb-Fish Bridge is built by the American Bridge Co of New York. It is significant in the history of engineering in Mississippi as the only known example of a verticle lift span bridge. Engineer Lamb-Fish Bridge Charleston
1908/00/00 The American Bridge Company fabricates the steel towers and deck plate girder spans for the Box Canyon Viaduct. Fabricators Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company - Box Canyon Viaduct Windust, WA
1909/08/00 The Jones Construction Company and the American Bridge Company maintain an open shop despite demands by the local structural Iron Workers Union that only union men are to be hired to erect the steel frame. Contractor Hotel Utah Salt Lake City
1910/00/00 Railroad Bridge over Cottonwood Creek is built Engineer Allen Water Station Allen, TX
1912/00/00 Construction begins on a steel through arch railroad bridge spanning the Hell Gate of the East River in New York City. Contractor Hell Gate Bridge New York City
1920/00/00 The Liberty Memorial Bridge, a Warner-Turner through truss structure, is erected across the Missouri River connecting Bismarck and Mandan, North Dakota. It was replaced by a new bridge in 2008. Architect
1920/00/00 A struggling Groton Bridge Co is sold back to American Bridge. Buyer
1929/00/00 High Steel Bridge is built for the Simpson Logging Company's logging railroad, Peninsular Railway Architect High Steel Bridge Shelton
1931/04/01 Steel framing of the 1250-ft Empire State Building begins. Erected at a rate of more than a story a day, the structure was constructed in 20 weeks. The topping out of the structure was completed by Post and McCord, a division of American Bridge Co. Builder Empire State Building, NYC New York City Advent of the Curtain Wall
1949/06/00 UN officials begin the process of purchasing 10,000 to 11,000 tons of steel from the American Bridge Company. Fabricators Headquarters of the United Nations New York City
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