Waddell & Harrington was an American engineering company that designed bridges from 1907 to 1915.[1] It was formed in 1907 as a partnership of John Alexander Low Waddell (1854–1938) and John Lyle Harrington (1868–1942) and was based in Kansas City, Missouri, but had offices in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] The company designed more than 30 vertical-lift bridges for highways and railroads.[2][3]
The firm also designed one or more non-lift bridges, including the Colorado Street Bridge of Pasadena, California.
A number of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[4]
Notable projects
Bridges designed by the firm include the following, among others:
- Hawthorne Bridge, spanning the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon,[5] NRHP-listed[6]
- Interstate Bridge, spanning the Columbia River between Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington;[5] NRHP-listed (as the Portland–Vancouver Highway Bridge)[7]
- Steel Bridge, spanning the Willamette River in Portland[5]
References
- Sheldrake, Arlen. Steel Over the Willamette Pacific Northwest Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, 2012^
- Engineers^
- See list of Waddell & Harrington bridges in Appendix A of Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IL-156, "Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, Calumet River Bridge", pp. 50-52.^