Vernon R. Covell

Vernon Royce Covell (1866–1949) was an American engineer. He was chief engineer of the Allegheny County Public Works Department.

Vernon R. Covell
Born	Vernon Royce Covell (1866-12-13)December 13, 1866 Jefferson, Ohio, US
Died	December 21, 1949(1949-12-21) (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]

Biography

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]

Selected works

• Armstrong Tunnel, between Forbes and Second Aves. at S. Tenth St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed^[1]
• Liberty Bridge, over the Monongahela River Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, V. R.), NRHP-listed^[1]
• McKees Rocks Bridge, LR 76, Spur 2, over Ohio River at Bellevue Bellevue, PA (Covell, V. R.), NRHP-listed^[1]
• Rachel Carson Bridge, Allegheny River at Ninth St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed^[1]
• Andy Warhol Bridge, Allegheny River at Seventh St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed^[1]
• Roberto Clemente Bridge, Allegheny River at Sixth St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed^[1]
• South Tenth Street Bridge, Monongahela River at S. Tenth St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed^[1]
• George Westinghouse Bridge, over the Turtle Creek Valley (Covell, Vernon R.)^[4]

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]