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1. . ..Presenting Ernest E. Howard: Swing's Nominee for Man of the Month . ..Presenting Ernest E. Howard: Swing's Nominee for Man of the Month September//1948 Photo and biographical article about Ernest Howard, "senior partner of Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff. ..the world's largest bridge designing firm" and "chairman of the board of trustees of the University...
2. Biography of Octave Chanute (1832-1910), Engineer and Bridge Builder Biography of Octave Chanute (1832-1910), Engineer and Bridge Builder 1999
3. Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridges Builders and the Spanning of America Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridges Builders and the Spanning of America 1995 Descriptions of John Alexander Low Waddell, or John Waddell (1854-1938), a bridge engineer born in Canada and emigrating in the late 1800s to Kansas City, "where he spent much of his early American bridge-building...
4. First Vehicle Crosses Bond Bridge First Vehicle Crosses Bond Bridge September 28, 2010 On September 27, 2010, Brad Regehr and his wife Wanda were the first to cross the new Christopher S. Bond Bridge (Bond Bridge) that replaces the Paseo Bridge. "More than 700 community leaders, politicians,...
5. Historical Resources Mitigation Volume II: Bridges over the Osage--Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir Historical Resources Mitigation Volume II: Bridges over the Osage--Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir Project, Missouri September 1980 Study of the history of the bridges across the Osage River and its tributaries built between 1895 and 1937, flooded by or closely affected by Truman Lake, southeast of Kansas City, gathered partially through...
6. Important KC Link Has a Cloudy Future Important KC Link Has a Cloudy Future November 24, 2011 Engineers and transportation planners are studying whether to replace or rehab the Lewis and Clark Viaduct. Opened in 1907, the viaduct spans the Kansas River and connects downtown Kansas City, Missouri,...
7. Kansas City in Caricature Kansas City in Caricature 1912 Illustrated caricature of John Waddell, or J. A. L. Waddell, a consulting engineer for bridge construction around the world.
8. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of John Waddell, or J. A. L. Waddell, a prominent bridge architect and engineer born in Canada in 1854 and emigrating to Kansas City in the 1880s.
9. Kansas City, Missouri: Pictorial and Biographical Kansas City, Missouri: Pictorial and Biographical 1908 Photo and bio of John Waddell, or J. A. L. Waddell, a bridge engineer born in Canada in 1854 and coming to Kansas City in the 1880s.
10. Kansas City: Its Resources and Their Development Kansas City: Its Resources and Their Development 1890 Photo and bio of John Waddell, or J. A. L. Waddell, "consulting and contracting bridge engineer, and Western representative of the Phoenix Bridge and Phaenix [sic] Iron Companies." Born in Canada in 1854...
11. Leonard Waddell Leonard Waddell January/24/1965 File containing an obituary for Leonard Waddell, "73, of 619 West [57th Street]," a realtor at 1002 Walnut Street. Native of Council Bluffs, Iowa coming to Kansas City about 1900 as a "son of Dr. J. A....
12. Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912 Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912 1912 Photo and bio of John Alexander Low Waddell, or J. A. L. Waddell, "of the firm of Waddell & Harrington, consulting engineers, Kansas City, Missouri." Born in Canada and emigrating to Kansas City in 1887...
13. Octave Chanute Octave Chanute June 17, 1905 Descriptions of and references to Octave Chanute, engineer of early railroad bridges and other constructions, including the Hannibal Bridge at Kansas City, Missouri, and the Kinzua Viaduct in Pennsylvania...
14. Proposed Viaduct over Mill Creek Proposed Viaduct over Mill Creek 1926 "Proposed viaduct to carry street cars over Mill Creek Parkway at 43rd Street." Consulting engineers were Harrington, Howard, Ash. Drawing has been superimposed on photo. Mill Creek Parkway was later renamed...
15. The Book of Missourians The Book of Missourians 1906 Biographical sketch of Henry George Griffin, or Henry Griffin, "[c]ontractor of steel bridges" in Kansas City, born in Pennsylvania in 1862 and starting in his career in 1880, arriving in Kansas City about...
16. The Press Quarterly Press Biographies Compiled for Newspaper Reference: An Encyclopaedia of the Representative The Press Quarterly Press Biographies Compiled for Newspaper Reference: An Encyclopaedia of the Representative Men of the West July//1907 Biographical sketch of George Adgate, an engineer involved with building "the foundations for a number of the largest bridges of the country, among them. ..the Santa Fe bridge at Sibley, Mo.," in the late...
17. The Press Quarterly Press Biographies Compiled for Newspaper Reference: An Encyclopaedia of the Representative The Press Quarterly Press Biographies Compiled for Newspaper Reference: An Encyclopaedia of the Representative Men of the West 1907 Biographical sketch of John Alexander Low Waddell, or John Waddell (usually called J. A. L. Waddell), "senior member of the firm of Waddell & Harrington, of Kansas City." Born in Canada in 1854 and emigrating...
18. The Service of Louis R. Ash to Kansas City The Service of Louis R. Ash to Kansas City April/19/1930 Essay paying tribute to the late Louis Ash, former city engineer of Kansas City and mathematics professor at Coe College in Iowa, largely responsible for "the double deck viaduct at Main Street" to aid...
19. Wornall Road Bridge over Brush Creek Wornall Road Bridge over Brush Creek Postcard of the old Wornall Road bridge over Brush Creek