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Vernon Royce Covell (1866–1949) was an American engineer. He was chief engineer of the Allegheny County Public Works Department.
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| Born | Vernon Royce Covell December 13, 1866 Jefferson, Ohio, US |
| Died | December 21, 1949 (aged 83) Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, US |
| Burial place | Woodlawn Cemetery, Wilkinsburg |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Spouse |
Corrie Bailey (m. 1897) |
| Children | 1 |
A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Vernon R. Covell was born in Jefferson, Ohio on December 13, 1866. He graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in civil engineering in 1895.[2]
He married Corrie Bailey on October 6, 1897, and they had one daughter.[2]
Covell died at his home in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania on December 21, 1949, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.[3]
His leadership and relative contribution vis-a-vis others in one design project is discussed in a HAER document.[5]
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.[5]
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