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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.
Conde McCullough was born in Redfield, South Dakota, on May 30, 1887. [2] In 1891, he and his family moved to Iowa, where his father died in 1904. [2] McCullough then worked at various jobs to support the family. [2]
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C.C. Myers, Inc. reconstruction work on the eastbound Interstate 580 connector ramp, MacArthur Maze, Oakland, California, May 2007 C.C. Myers, Inc. was a Rancho Cordova, California based construction company specializing in building highways and bridges.
The O&CB's proposal for a combined wagon and railway bridge over the Missouri River was accepted by United States Congress and the Secretary of War in 1887. [5] This led to the construction of the Douglas Street Bridge, which was later known as the Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge. [6] The bridge was opened to traffic on October 30, 1888.
Intercity Viaduct, a two-level deck truss bridge over the Kansas River and sister bridge to the Lewis and Clark Viaduct; James Street Bridge, a girder bridge over the Kansas River in Kansas City; Kansas Avenue Bridge, a multi-beam girder over the Kansas River; Kansas City Southern Bridge, a three-span bridge over the Kansas River
The CB&C's financial condition worsened significantly with a pair of accidents in 1913. On May 22, 1913, a freight train fully loaded with masonry stone was passing over one of the small railroad's key assets, a trestle bridge over the Wabash River at Bluffton, when the overburdened span collapsed. The mishap threw the steam locomotive into the ...
Retail reading. The final monthly retail sales report before the start of the holiday shopping season is set for release on Thursday. Economists estimate retail sales increased 0.3% over the prior ...