Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.

19th Street Bridge, from 1888, now a pedestrian bridge

The Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., also known as Missouri Valley Bridge Company, was a firm that built many bridges. It was based in Leavenworth, Kansas, with a WW II facility in Evansville, Indiana.

National Register of Historic Places listed bridges

Many of the company's bridges are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1][2] They include:

Other projects

The Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge, a non−NRHP-listed one, was erected by the company across the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington. It is an approximately 3,000-foot (910 m) railroad bridge across the river, built in 1911 and opened in January 1912.[3] The steel superstructure was manufactured by the Pennsylvania Steel Company, and erected by MVB&I company.[3]

Shipyards

During World War II the MVB&I company opened two shipyards, at Evansville, Indiana and at Leavenworth, Kansas. 171 LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) were built during the war at Evansville, before the yard closed in 1945.[4] The company ranked 98th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.[5]

The Leavenworth yard built a wide range of smaller naval and military vessels, continuing in business after the war, producing mainly towboats and barges until 1982.[6]

References

  1. Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. 1 2 "Woman Christens Big Celilo Bridge" (January 6, 1912). The Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), p. 10.
  4. Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville IN
  5. Peck, Merton J. & Scherer, Frederic M. The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis (1962) Harvard Business School p.619
  6. Missouri Valley Bridge, Leavenworth KS
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