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J. E. Greiner Company was a Baltimore, Maryland -based civil engineering firm specializing in bridge design. History. John Edwin Greiner. The firm was founded in 1908 by former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge engineer John Edwin Greiner (February 24, 1859 – November 15, 1942) [1] and led by Greiner and his associate Hershel Heathcote Allen. [2]
Dec 12, 2017 · In the wake of dealing with the tragedy and loss of so many lives, arrangements had to be made to handle the 3,500 to 4,000 vehicles that on average traversed the bridge between Ohio and West Virginia. Local ferry landings were quickly set up and vehicles were ferried back and forth across the Ohio River.
- The Silver Bridge Collapses
- Aftermath of The Collapse
- Economic Impact
- Presidential Task Force Assigned to Investigate The Collapse
- Remembering The Victims
It was rush hour on December 15, 1967, just at 5 p.m. when “a loud gunshot-like noise” as eyewitnesses described it could be heard coming from the Silver Bridge. According to official reports, in just 20 seconds the Silver Bridge plunged into the December water of the Ohio River. It crumpled and collapsed “folding like a deck of cards.” It took jus...
In the wake of dealing with the tragedy and loss of so many lives, arrangements had to be made to handle the 3,500 to 4,000 vehicles that on average traversed the bridge between Ohio and West Virginia. Local ferry landings were quickly set up and vehicles were ferried back and forth across the Ohio River. Additionally, a shuttle service was set up ...
In addition to the devastating emotional toll and loss the bridge collapse had on the area, the impact economically was nearly as devastating. By February 7, 1968, reports estimated the economic loss to be $1 million a month and then President Lyndon Johnson stepped in with an order for federal-state programs to start immediate reconstruction. To g...
While the National Transportation Safety Board had started an investigation immediately following the collapse, the Presidential Task Force on Bridge Safety also investigated the disaster. The task force began a national survey on bridge safety. Answers to the disaster were not forthcoming from the safety board, however, until April 6, 1971 when a ...
While economic impacts and presidential panels can be studied and discussed, the heart of the Silver Bridge collapse were those that so tragically lost their lives that day. Of the 46 lives lost, 44 bodies were recovered. The were: Albert A. Adler, Jr., of Gallipolis, Ohio; J.O. Bennett, of Walnut Cove, North Carolina; Leo Blackman, of Richmond, Vi...
Dec 1, 2021 · First opened in 1928, the Silver Bridge had been designed by J.E. Greiner Company and built by the precursor to the West Virginia-Ohio Bridge Company as well as the American Bridge Company. It was a two-lane, 1,760-foot-long eyebar suspension bridge, and it took a year to finish.
In 1907 the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company replaced it with a new bridge, from designs prepared by the railroad under the direction of J.E. Greiner, Chief Engineer.
Aug 11, 1973 · BALTIMORE, Aug. 10 — A Federal judge ordered today that the United States Steel Corporation and the J. E. Greiner Company, Inc., pay $950,000 in part settlement of suits brought by relatives of...
The Baltimore-based J. E. Greiner Company grew out of work of bridge engineer John Edwin Greiner. It soon dominated civil engineering work in Baltimore and in 1995 merged with URS, a San Francisco architecture and engineering firm. Written by Sandra L. Tatman.
