The establishment of Boston Bridge Works was in the year 1876 by David H. Andrews, building notable bridges, such as the 1892
Harvard Bridge between
Cambridge and Boston. The company also constructed bridges for many New England railways such as the
Boston and Maine Railroad and
Boston and Providence Railroad. In August 1909 a lawsuit was brought to the
Massachusetts Superior Court claiming
Boston Bridge Works and the
New England Structural Company of wrongdoing in a
civil suit. The suit alleged the two companies were in a collusive
bidding war. The city of Boston claimed that the two companies had a monopoly in the area. Bids for the
Broadway bridge consisted of by the New England Structural Company and by Boston Bridge Works. The contract was awarded to Boston Bridge Works but due to losing the lawsuit, they had to pay back to the city of Boston. After both a fire at their Cambridge plant, and declining contracts during the
Great Depression, Boston Bridge Works went out of business in 1938. ==Notable bridges==