George Herndon Pegram | |
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Born | 1855 Council Bluffs, Iowa |
Died | 1937 Brooklyn, New York |
Resting place | Cohasset Cemetery, Cohasset, Massachusetts |
Alma mater | Washington University, St. Louis |
George Herndon Pegram (1855 - 1937), most commonly known as George H. Pegram, was an engineer who patented the Pegram truss.
He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1855. He completed a civil engineering degree at Washington University, St. Louis in 1877. He died in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937.
A number of Pegram truss bridges are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Examples include: