Lawrence Costello ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: 849 Comelton Avenue, Philadelphia, PA on 16 Aug 1917 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹

2. Census in 1920 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁶ The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 1107 South Peach Street: Lawrence Costello, civil engineer in city transit, 25, living with wife Ada, 25; and son Lawrence W. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Lawrence Sr.'s father in Virginia.

3. Newspaper: Philadelphia Inquirer: Costellos Quits Engineer's Job, 21 Mar 1954, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁷ -----
Costello Quits Engineer's Job
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Lawrence Costello, who had charge of the design and construction of the Broad Street, Ridge Avenue and Locust Street Subways as well as the building of several subway extensions, will retire on April 1, it was announced yesterday.
Costello, chief of the engineerlng branch of the Department of Public Property, will be employed after his retirement as a consultant on city subway and engineering problems, according to Commissioner of Public Property Mortin E. Rotman. A contract calls for six months' work at $600 per month.
ELIGIBLE FOR PENSION
A city employe for 39 years, Costello will be eligible for a $3400 pension beginning July 1. His current salary is $11,723 annually. He lives at 340 E. Gowen ave.
As chief engineer and director of the old Department of City Transit, Costello was in charge ofi building the three major subway systems as well as the extension of the Market Streeet subway to 46th st. and the subway-surface car extension of the Market Street subway to 40th st. and Woodland: ave. These projects involved a total expenditure of about $200,000,000.
REGISTERED ENGINEER
Costello is a registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania; a charter member and past president of the Philadelphia Section of the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers, and an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Planning Officials.
Beginning work for the city in 1915 at the age of 20, Costello was made acting transit director in 1946 and director in 1947. In 1952, under the new charter, the transit department was incorporated with the Public Property Department and he was named chief of the Bureau of Engineering and Architecture. He is now 59.

4. Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer: obituary of Lawrence Costello on 20 Oct 1972 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ³ COSTELLO. Suddenly on Oct. 17, LAWRENCE, husband of Catherine Botthof Costello, father of Lawrence Wesley Costello, and Mrs. Catherine Ann Bastian, also 2 grandchildren. Funeral service Friday 10:00 A. M. at the grace Episcopal Church, Ardleigh st. and Gowen ave. in Mount Airy. Interment private. Contributions to Grace Episcopal Church Organ Fund would be appreciated.

Lawrence married Ada Marie Beecher, daughter of John W. Beecher and Mary Magdalen Schmidt, in Aug 1917 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.¹ (Ada Marie Beecher was born on 14 May 1894 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,^{1 8 9 10 11} died on 12 Feb 1923 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA ^{10 11 12} and was buried on 14 Feb 1923 in Bala-Cynwyd: Westminster Cemetery, Montgomery, PA ^{10 11}.)