 The fire cost the PRR $500,000 and $1 million, which in the 2014 value of the dollar would be between $7.772 million and $15.55 million.It put unemployed 300 workers, although within two days they were put to work repairing bridges at Greenville or working at other PRR yards in the area.The American Bridge Company was contracted to rebuild the bridges, and were built functionally identical to the previous bridges; the design of the bridges were still extremely efficient, and the only major change was the elimination of any wood.