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CB&I was founded by Horace E. Horton of Rochester, Minnesota when he moved to Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1889.While initially involved in bridge design and construction, CB&I turned its focus to bulk liquid storage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, coinciding with the western expansion of railroads across the United States and the discovery of oil in the Southwest.
The Eads Bridge on the Mississippi River, the first major bridge built primarily of steel, was constructed by one of American Bridge Co.'s antecedents in 1874. American Bridge Company was founded in April 1900, when J.P. Morgan & Co. led a consolidation of 28 of the largest U.S. steel fabricators and constructors. [2]
State Highway 27 Bridge at the Guadalupe River, US 87, .13 mi. S of jct. with US 183, Cuero, Texas (Illinois Steel Bridge Company), NRHP-listed [1] State Highway 71 Bridge at the Colorado River , TX 71, .8 mi E of jct. with FM 609, La Grange, Texas (Illinois Steel Bridge Company, et al.), NRHP-listed [ 1 ]
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Pages in category "Construction and civil engineering companies of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 267 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Companies consolidated into American Bridge Company # Company name Headquarters 1 Keystone Bridge Company: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 2 Wrought Iron Bridge Company: Canton, Ohio: 3 Berlin Iron Bridge Company: Berlin, Connecticut: 4 Pencoyd Iron Works: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 5 Union Bridge Company: Athens, Pennsylvania: 6 Groton Bridge ...
The Rock Island Centennial Bridge, officially the Master Sergeant Stanley W. Talbot Memorial Bridge, connects Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa. The bridge is 3,850 feet (1,173 m) long and stands 170 feet (52 m) above water level. Construction of the bridge began in 1938 and it opened on July 12, 1940, [3] as a toll bridge.
The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles (541 km) of navigable water from the mouth of the Calumet River at Chicago to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. Based primarily on the Illinois River , it is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals that provide a commercial shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf ...