Engineer and Designer of the Pegram Truss. George Pegram graduated from George Washington University at St. Louis. He was a former president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Technical Society of Omaha. He was also a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Engineers Club, and the Railroad Club of New York. He was Chief Engineer of Union Pacific Railroad and designed the Union Railway Station of St. Louis in 1891.
Since 1905, George Pegram worked as Chief Engineer for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in New York City. He came to New York by request to prepare a report on the condition of the Manhattan elevated railroad lines. He designed the power plant at East 74th Street. At that time, it was the largest structure of its type in the world. He also supervised construction of the subway lines, especially the Lexington Avenue and Broadway-7th Avenue lines in Manhattan. George Pegram also worked on the subway extensions into Brooklyn and the Bronx. After learning of his death in Brooklyn, the I.R.T. Company announced the halting of all its subway and elevated trains for two minutes at 2pm, the hour of George Pegram's funeral. © 2016, D. Anna Campbell
Since 1905, George Pegram worked as Chief Engineer for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in New York City. He came to New York by request to prepare a report on the condition of the Manhattan elevated railroad lines. He designed the power plant at East 74th Street. At that time, it was the largest structure of its type in the world. He also supervised construction of the subway lines, especially the Lexington Avenue and Broadway-7th Avenue lines in Manhattan. George Pegram also worked on the subway extensions into Brooklyn and the Bronx. After learning of his death in Brooklyn, the I.R.T. Company announced the halting of all its subway and elevated trains for two minutes at 2pm, the hour of George Pegram's funeral. © 2016, D. Anna Campbell
Engineer and Designer of the Pegram Truss. George Pegram graduated from George Washington University at St. Louis. He was a former president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Technical Society of Omaha. He was also a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Engineers Club, and the Railroad Club of New York. He was Chief Engineer of Union Pacific Railroad and designed the Union Railway Station of St. Louis in 1891.
Since 1905, George Pegram worked as Chief Engineer for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in New York City. He came to New York by request to prepare a report on the condition of the Manhattan elevated railroad lines. He designed the power plant at East 74th Street. At that time, it was the largest structure of its type in the world. He also supervised construction of the subway lines, especially the Lexington Avenue and Broadway-7th Avenue lines in Manhattan. George Pegram also worked on the subway extensions into Brooklyn and the Bronx. After learning of his death in Brooklyn, the I.R.T. Company announced the halting of all its subway and elevated trains for two minutes at 2pm, the hour of George Pegram's funeral. © 2016, D. Anna Campbell
Since 1905, George Pegram worked as Chief Engineer for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in New York City. He came to New York by request to prepare a report on the condition of the Manhattan elevated railroad lines. He designed the power plant at East 74th Street. At that time, it was the largest structure of its type in the world. He also supervised construction of the subway lines, especially the Lexington Avenue and Broadway-7th Avenue lines in Manhattan. George Pegram also worked on the subway extensions into Brooklyn and the Bronx. After learning of his death in Brooklyn, the I.R.T. Company announced the halting of all its subway and elevated trains for two minutes at 2pm, the hour of George Pegram's funeral. © 2016, D. Anna Campbell
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