DRAVO CORP
S-8, 1996-07-03
MINING & QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS)
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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                         on July 3, 1996
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      WASHINGTON D.C. 20549
        ________________________________________________
                            FORM S-8
                     REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                              UNDER
                   THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
        ________________________________________________
                        DRAVO CORPORATION
         Pennsylvania                       24-0447860
   (State or jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization)         Identification No.)
                                                 
                      3600 One Oliver Plaza
                 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania  15222
            (Address of principal executive offices)
           ___________________________________________
                        DRAVO CORPORATION
                     MONEY ACCUMULATION PLAN
                    (Full title of the plan)
           ___________________________________________
                        James  J. Puhala
         Vice President , General Counsel and Secretary
                        Dravo Corporation
                      3600 One Oliver Plaza
                 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania  15222
             (Name and address of agent for service)
                          412-566-3000
             (Telephone number of agent for service)
                  Copies of communications to:
                    James J. Barnes, Esquire
           Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation
                        One Oxford Centre
                  301 Grant Street, 20th Floor
                    Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1410
                          412-562-1415
           ___________________________________________
                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of            Amount      Proposed  Proposed     Amount of
Securities To Be    to Be       Maximum   Maximum      Registration
Registered          Registered  Offering  Aggregate    Fee (2)
                    (1)         Price     Offering     
                                Per       Price (2)
                                Share
Common Stock (par   100,000     $14.625  $1,462,500    $504.31
value $.01 per
share)

(1)  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
     this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
     amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
     employee benefit plan described herein.

(2)  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the
     registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h).  Such price, which
     is the average of the high and low sales prices for the
     Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported in
     The Wall Street Journal, Midwest Edition, on July 1, 1996,
     has been determined in accordance with Rule 457(c).
                             PART II
       INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                
     This Registration Statement relates to the Dravo Corporation
Money Accumulation Plan (the "Plan").  Dravo Corporation (the
"Corporation" or the "Registrant") is incorporated in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     The Corporation hereby incorporates by reference into this
Registration Statement the documents listed in (a) through (d)
below.  The Corporation also incorporates by reference, from the
date of filing of such documents, all documents subsequently
filed by it pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Securities Exchange
Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold:

     (a)  The Corporation's Annual report on Form 10-K filed for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995.

     (b)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal
year covered by the annual report referred to in (a) above; and

     (c)  The description of the Common Stock of the Corporation
contained in the Corporation's registration statement filed under
Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.

     (d)  Dravo Corporation Money Accumulation Plan Annual Report
on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995.


Item 4.   Description of Securities

     Not Applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

     Not Applicable

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     Pennsylvania statutory law regarding directors and officers
insurance and indemnification is embodied in Subchapter D
(Sections 1741 through 1750) of the Pennsylvania Business
Corporation Law of 1988, as amended (the "BCL").  Section 1741
(relating to third party actions) and 1742 (relating to
derivative actions) of the BCL provide that, unless otherwise
restricted by its bylaws, a business corporation shall have the
power to indemnify any person who is made a party to a third-
party or derivative action, respectively, by reason that such
person is or was a representative of the corporation.  The BCL
defines representative to mean a director, officer, employee or
agent thereof (a "Representative").  The sections further state
that the corporation is authorized to indemnify the
Representative against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action.
However, the Representative must have acted in good faith and
with a reasonable belief that his or her actions were in the best
interests, or not opposed to the best interests, of the
corporation; and with respect to any criminal proceeding, the
Representative must have had no reasonable cause to believe his
or her conduct was unlawful.

     Section 1743 of the BCL provides mandatory indemnification
for a Representative if he or she succeeds on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any claim or action.  The corporation
must indemnify him or her to the extent of his or her actual and
reasonable expenses (including attorney's fees) in connection
with the claim or action.

     Section 1746(a) states that the statutory rights of
indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
to which a person might be entitled under any bylaw, agreement,
or otherwise.  However, 1746(b) forbids indemnification to be
made in any case where the act or failure to act giving rise to
the claim is determined by a court to be willful misconduct or
recklessness.  A corporation may not provide indemnification in
the case of willful misconduct or recklessness.

     The BCL, in Section 1747, also authorizes corporations to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a Representative,
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify
him or her.  Such insurance is declared to be consistent with
Pennsylvania's public policy.

     Article XVII of the Corporation's Bylaws provides as
follows:

                          ARTICLE XVII
                         Indemnification
                                
          SECTION 1.  The Corporation shall indemnify
     every person who is or was a party or is threatened
     to be made a party to or is involved (as a witness
     or otherwise) in any threatened, pending or
     completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
     civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
     and whether or not by or in the right of the
     Corporation or otherwise (hereafter a
     "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she
     is or was a Director or officer or employee of the
     Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
     the Corporation as a Director, officer or trustee
     or employee of another corporation, partnership,
     joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including
     service with respect to an employee benefit plan,
     or by reason of any action alleged to have been
     taken or not taken by him or her while acting in
     any such capacity, against expenses (including
     attorneys' fees) and all liability and loss,
     including judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and
     penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in
     settlement (whether with or without court
     approval), actually and reasonable incurred by him
     or her in connection with such threatened, pending
     or completed action, suit or proceeding, except to
     the extent prohibited by law as the same exists or
     may hereafter be amended (except in the case of any
     such amendment which has the effect of narrowing
     indemnification rights that the Corporation was
     permitted to provide prior to such amendment);
     provided, however, that except with respect to
     claims described in Section 2 hereof, the
     Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking
     indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or
     part thereof), initiated by such person only if
     such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by
     the Board of Directors of the Corporation.  Subject
     to the foregoing indemnification, the right to
     indemnification conferred in this Section shall
     include the right to be paid by the Corporation
     expenses incurred; provided, however, that to the
     extent required by law, the payment of such
     expenses in advance of the final disposition of a
     proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an
     undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay
     such amounts if it shall ultimately be determined
     that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified
     under this Article or otherwise.
     
          SECTION 2.  If a claim under Section 1 is not
     paid in full by the Corporation within forty-five
     (45) days after a written claim has been received
     by the Corporation, the claimant may, at any time
     thereafter, bring suit against the Corporation to
     recover the unpaid amount of the claim.  The
     claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the
     expenses of prosecuting such claim to the extent he
     or she is successful in whole or in part on the
     merits or otherwise in establishing his or her
     right to indemnification or to the advancement of
     expenses.
     
          SECTION 3.  The right to indemnification,
     including the right to the advancement of expenses,
     conferred in this Article shall not be exclusive of
     any other rights to which a person seeking
     indemnification or advancement of expenses
     hereunder may be entitled under any by-law,
     agreement, vote of shareholders, or directors or
     otherwise, both as to action in his or her official
     capacity and as to action in any other capacity
     while holding that office.
     
          SECTION 4. The Corporation may create a fund
     of any nature, which may, but need not be, under
     the control of a trustee, or otherwise secure or
     insure in any manner its indemnification
     obligations, including its obligation to advance
     expenses, whether arising under or pursuant to this
     Article or otherwise.
     
          SECTION 5.  The Corporation shall have the
     express authority to enter into such agreements as
     the Board of Directors deem appropriate for the
     indemnification of, including the advancement of
     expenses to, present or future Directors, officers
     and employees of the Corporation in connection with
     their service to, or status with, the Corporation
     or any other corporation, partnership, joint
     venture, trust or other enterprise, including any
     employee benefit plan, for whom such person is
     serving at the request of the Corporation.
     
          SECTION 6.  The right to indemnification,
     including the right to the advancement of expenses
     provided herein, shall be a contract right, shall
     continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
     director, officer, employee, or to serve in any
     other of the capacities described herein, and shall
     inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
     administrators of such person.  Notwithstanding any
     amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article or
     any of its provisions or the adoption of any
     provision inconsistent with this Article or any of
     its provisions, any person who is or was a
     director, officer or employee or is or was serving
     at the request of the Corporation as a director,
     officer, employee, or trustee of another
     corporation or of a partnership, joint venture,
     trust or other enterprise, including service with
     respect to employee benefit plans, shall be
     entitled to indemnification, including the right to
     the advancement of expenses, in accordance with the
     provisions hereof and thereof with respect to any
     action taken or omitted prior to such amendment,
     alteration or repeal or the adoption of such
     inconsistent provision except to the extent such
     amendment, alteration, repeal or inconsistent
     provisions provides broader rights with respect to
     indemnification, including the advancement of
     expenses, than the Corporation was permitted to
     provide prior to the amendment, alteration, repeal,
     or the adoption of such inconsistent provision or
     to the extent otherwise prescribed by law.
     
     In addition, the Corporation has entered into agreements
with each member of its Board of Directors which contractually
require the Corporation to indemnify the Director to the same
extent as indemnification is provided under Article XVII of the
Bylaws.



Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed

     Not Applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits

     The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this
Registration Statement, which are incorporated herein:

4.04    Statement with Respect  Statement with Respect to Shares
        to Shares               -- Domestic Business Corporation
                                amending Section 3(a) of the
                                Certificate of Designations,
                                Preferences and Rights of Series
                                D Cumulative Convertible
                                Exchangeable Preference Stock is
                                incorporated by reference to
                                exhibit (4)(ii) of the June 30,
                                1990 Form 10-Q of the
                                Registrant.
                                
4.07    Credit and Note and     Credit and Note and Stock
        Stock Purchase          Purchase Agreement dated as of
        Agreement               September 21, 1988 by and among
                                Dravo Corporation, its wholly-
                                owned subsidiaries, Dravo Lime
                                Company and Dravo Basic
                                Materials Company, Inc. and The
                                Prudential Insurance Company of
                                America and Prudential
                                Interfunding Corp. is
                                incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit (4)(i) of the September
                                27, 1988 Form 8-K of the
                                Registrant and amendment dated
                                March 13, 1990 to said agreement
                                is incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit (4)(v) of the
                                December 31, 1989 Form 10-K of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.08    Registration Agreement  Registration agreement dated as
                                of September 21, 1988 between
                                Dravo Corporation and The
                                Prudential Insurance Company of
                                America, is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit (4)(vi) to
                                the September 27, 1988 Form 8-K
                                of the Registrant.
                                
4.09(a) Revolving Line of       Revolving Line of Credit
        Credit Agreement        Agreement with all attendant
                                schedules and exhibits dated as
                                of September 20, 1990, by and
                                among Dravo Corporation, Dravo
                                Lime Company, Dravo Basic
                                Materials Company, Inc., First
                                Alabama Bank, and PNC Bank, N.A.
                                (formerly Pittsburgh National
                                Bank) is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit (4)(i) of
                                the September 30, 1990 Form 10-Q
                                of the Registrant.
                                
4.09(b) Amendment to Credit     Amendment to Credit and Note and
        and Note and Stock      Stock Purchase Agreement dated
        Purchase Agreement      as of September 21, 1988 by and
                                among Dravo Corporation, Dravo
                                Lime Company, Dravo Basic
                                Materials Company, Inc., The
                                Prudential Insurance Company of
                                America, and Prudential
                                Interfunding Corp., is
                                incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit (4)(ii) of the
                                September 30, 1990 Form 10-Q of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.09(c) First amendment to the  First amendment to the
        Companies' Pledge       Companies' Pledge Agreement
        Agreement               dated September 20, 1990 of the
                                Credit and Note and Stock
                                Purchase Agreement dated
                                September 21, 1988 is
                                incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit (4)(iii) of the
                                September 30, 1990 Form 10-Q of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.09(d) First amendment to the  First amendment to the Second
        Second Intercreditor    Intercreditor Agreement dated
        Agreement               September 20, 1990 of the Credit
                                and Note and Stock Purchase
                                Agreement dated September 21,
                                1988 is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit (4)(iv) of
                                the September 30, 1990 Form 10-Q
                                of the Registrant.
                                
4.09(e) Intercreditor           Intercreditor Agreement dated
        Agreement               September 20, 1990 by and among
                                The Prudential Insurance Company
                                of America, First Alabama Bank,
                                PNC Bank, N.A. (formerly
                                Pittsburgh National Bank),
                                Mellon Bank, N.A., and the Royal
                                Bank of Canada is incorporated
                                by reference to Exhibit (4)(v)
                                of the September 30, 1990 Form
                                10-Q of the Registrant.
                                
4.10    Loan Agreement          Loan Agreement dated as of
                                December 1, 1978 between Dravo
                                Equipment Company and County of
                                Harrison, Ohio.
                                
                                The Registrant hereby agrees to
                                furnish to the Commission upon
                                request a copy of the instrument
                                listed under exhibit 4.10.  The
                                instrument does not authorize
                                the issuance of securities in
                                excess of 10 percent of total
                                assets of the Registrant and its
                                subsidiaries on a consolidated
                                basis.
                                
4.11    Override Agreement      Override Agreement, dated
                                January 21, 1992, between Dravo
                                Corporation, The Prudential
                                Insurance Company of America,
                                First Alabama Bank, PNC Bank,
                                N.A. (formerly Pittsburgh
                                National Bank) and Continental
                                Bank, N.A. is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the
                                February 12, 1992 Form 8-K of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.12    First Amendment, dated  First Amendment, dated March 10,
        March 10, 1993, to the  1993, to the Override Agreement
        Override Agreement      dated January 21, 1992 between
                                Dravo Corporation, The
                                Prudential Insurance Company of
                                America, First Alabama Bank, PNC
                                Bank, N.A. (formerly Pittsburgh
                                National Bank) and Continental
                                Bank N.A. is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit 4(xi) of
                                the December 31, 1992 Form 10-K
                                of the Registrant.
                                
4.13    Second Amendment,       Second Amendment, dated March 7,
        dated March 7, 1994,    1994, to the Override Agreement
        to the Override         dated January 21, 1992 is
        Agreement               incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit 4(xii) of the
                                December 31, 1993 Form 10-K of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.14    First Amendment, dated  First Amendment, dated March 7,
        March 7, 1994, to the   1994, to the Amended and
        Amended and Restated    Restated Revolving Credit
        Revolving Credit        Agreement dated January 21, 1992
        Agreement.              is incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit 4(xiii) of the
                                December 31, 1993 Form 10-K of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.15    First Amendment to      Four copies of the First
        Revolving Note          Amendment to Revolving Note (one
                                each for The Prudential
                                Insurance Company of America,
                                First Alabama Bank, PNC Bank,
                                N.A. and Continental Bank N.A.),
                                dated March 7, 1994, to the
                                Amended and Restated Revolving
                                Credit Agreement dated
                                January 21, 1992 are
                                incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit 4(xiv) of the
                                December 31, 1993 Form 10-K of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.17    Amendment Agreement     Amendment Agreement dated August
                                1, 1994 encompassing the Third
                                Amendment to the Override
                                Agreement dated January 21, 1992
                                and the Second Amendment to the
                                Amended and Restated Revolving
                                Credit Agreement dated January
                                21, 1992 is incorporated by
                                reference to the August 18, 1994
                                Form 8-K of the Registrant.
                                
4.18    Amendment Agreement     Amendment Agreement dated
                                January 3, 1995 encompassing the
                                Fourth Amendment to the Override
                                Agreement dated January 21, 1992
                                and the Third Amendment to the
                                Amended and Restated Revolving
                                Credit Agreement dated January
                                21, 1992 is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit 4 (xvii) of
                                the December 31, 1994 Form 10-K
                                of the Registrant.
                                
4.19    Amendment Agreement     Amendment Agreement dated
                                December 31, 1995 encompassing
                                the Fifth Amendment to the
                                Override Agreement and the
                                Fourth Amendment to the Amended
                                and Restated Revolving Credit
                                Agreement is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit 4(xvii) of
                                the December 31, 1995 Form 10-K
                                of the Registrant.
                                
4.20    Amendment Restatement   Amendment and Restatement of
                                Articles IV, V, VI and Appendix
                                A dated February 15, 1996 of the
                                Override Agreement is
                                incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit 4(xviii) of the December
                                31, 1995 Form 10-K of the
                                Registrant.
                                
5.2                             Internal Revenue Service
                                determination letter that the
                                Plan is qualified under Section
                                401 of the Internal Revenue Code
                                
23.01                           Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
                                
24.1                            Powers of Attorney
                                
Item 9.   Undertakings

     (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file during any period in which offers or sales
               are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
               Registration Statement to include any material
               information with respect to the plan of
               distribution not previously disclosed in this
               Registration Statement or any material change to
               such information in this Registration Statement.
               
          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability
               under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
               amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
               statement relating to the securities offered
               therein, and the offering of such securities at
               that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
               fide offering thereof.
               
          (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-
               effective amendment any of the securities being
               registered which remain unsold at the termination
               of the offering.
               
     (b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

     (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
provisions described in Item 6 of this Registration Statement, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.

                           SIGNATURES
                                
     The Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 3rd day of July,
1996.

                              DRAVO CORPORATION
                              
                              
                              By: /s/ JAMES J. PUHALA
                              Vice President, General Counsel and
                              Secretary
                                
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities indicated on July 3, 1996.

      Signature                 Capacity               
                                                  

/s/ CARL A. GILBERT     President, Chief          
                        Executive Officer
                        and Director
                        
/s/ ERNEST F. LADD III  Executive Vice President  
                        Finance
                        and Administration
                        
/s/ LARRY J. WALKER     Vice President and        
                        Controller                
                        
James C. Huntington,    Director                  
Jr.*                                              
                        
William E. Kassling*    Director                  
                                                  
William G. Roth*        Director                  
                                                  
*/s/ JAMES J. PUHALA, Attorney-in-Fact


           The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the 
Securities Act of 1933, the Trustee of the Dravo Corporation Money
Accumulation Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1996

                                Dravo Corporation Money Accumulation Plan
           
                               By: /s/ ERNEST F. LADD III
                               Chairman, Dravo Retirement Board
           
                         EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

4.04    Statement with Respect  Statement with Respect to Shares
        to Shares               -- Domestic Business Corporation
                                amending Section 3(a) of the
                                Certificate of Designations,
                                Preferences and Rights of Series
                                D Cumulative Convertible
                                Exchangeable Preference Stock is
                                incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit (4)(ii) of the June 30,
                                1990 Form 10-Q of the
                                Registrant.
                                
4.07    Credit and Note and     Credit and Note and Stock
        Stock Purchase          Purchase Agreement dated as of
        Agreement               September 21, 1988 by and among
                                Dravo Corporation, its wholly-
                                owned subsidiaries, Dravo Lime
                                Company and Dravo Basic
                                Materials Company, Inc. and The
                                Prudential Insurance Company of
                                America and Prudential
                                Interfunding Corp. is
                                incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit (4)(i) of the September
                                27, 1988 Form 8-K of the
                                Registrant and amendment dated
                                March 13, 1990 to said agreement
                                is incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit (4)(v) of the
                                December 31, 1989 Form 10-K of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.08    Registration Agreement  Registration agreement dated as
                                of September 21, 1988 between
                                Dravo Corporation and The
                                Prudential Insurance Company of
                                America, is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit (4)(vi) to
                                the September 27, 1988 Form 8-K
                                of the Registrant.
                                
4.09(a) Revolving Line of       Revolving Line of Credit
        Credit Agreement        Agreement with all attendant
                                schedules and exhibits dated as
                                of September 20, 1990, by and
                                among Dravo Corporation, Dravo
                                Lime Company, Dravo Basic
                                Materials Company, Inc., First
                                Alabama Bank, and PNC Bank, N.A.
                                (formerly Pittsburgh National
                                Bank) is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit (4)(i) of
                                the September 30, 1990 Form 10-Q
                                of the Registrant.
                                
4.09(b) Amendment to Credit     Amendment to Credit and Note and
        and Note and Stock      Stock Purchase Agreement dated
        Purchase Agreement      as of September 21, 1988 by and
                                among Dravo Corporation, Dravo
                                Lime Company, Dravo Basic
                                Materials Company, Inc., The
                                Prudential Insurance Company of
                                America, and Prudential
                                Interfunding Corp., is
                                incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit (4)(ii) of the
                                September 30, 1990 Form 10-Q of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.09(c) First amendment to the  First amendment to the
        Companies' Pledge       Companies' Pledge Agreement
        Agreement               dated September 20, 1990 of the
                                Credit and Note and Stock
                                Purchase Agreement dated
                                September 21, 1988 is
                                incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit (4)(iii) of the
                                September 30, 1990 Form 10-Q of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.09(d) First amendment to the  First amendment to the Second
        Second Intercreditor    Intercreditor Agreement dated
        Agreement               September 20, 1990 of the Credit
                                and Note and Stock Purchase
                                Agreement dated September 21,
                                1988 is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit (4)(iv) of
                                the September 30, 1990 Form 10-Q
                                of the Registrant.
                                
4.09(e) Intercreditor           Intercreditor Agreement dated
        Agreement               September 20, 1990 by and among
                                The Prudential Insurance Company
                                of America, First Alabama Bank,
                                PNC Bank, N.A. (formerly
                                Pittsburgh National Bank),
                                Mellon Bank, N.A., and the Royal
                                Bank of Canada is incorporated
                                by reference to Exhibit (4)(v)
                                of the September 30, 1990 Form
                                10-Q of the Registrant.
                                
4.10    Loan Agreement          Loan Agreement dated as of
                                December 1, 1978 between Dravo
                                Equipment Company and County of
                                Harrison, Ohio.
                                
                                The Registrant hereby agrees to
                                furnish to the Commission upon
                                request a copy of the instrument
                                listed under exhibit 4.10.  The
                                instrument does not authorize
                                the issuance of securities in
                                excess of 10 percent of total
                                assets of the Registrant and its
                                subsidiaries on a consolidated
                                basis.
                                
4.11    Override Agreement      Override Agreement, dated
                                January 21, 1992, between Dravo
                                Corporation, The Prudential
                                Insurance Company of America,
                                First Alabama Bank, PNC Bank,
                                N.A. (formerly Pittsburgh
                                National Bank) and Continental
                                Bank, N.A. is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the
                                February 12, 1992 Form 8-K of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.12    First Amendment, dated  First Amendment, dated March 10,
        March 10, 1993, to the  1993, to the Override Agreement
        Override Agreement      dated January 21, 1992 between
                                Dravo Corporation, The
                                Prudential Insurance Company of
                                America, First Alabama Bank, PNC
                                Bank, N.A. (formerly Pittsburgh
                                National Bank) and Continental
                                Bank N.A. is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit 4(xi) of
                                the December 31, 1992 Form 10-K
                                of the Registrant.
                                
4.13    Second Amendment,       Second Amendment, dated
        dated March 7, 1994,    March 7, 1994, to the Override
        to the Override         Agreement dated January 21, 1992
        Agreement               is incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit 4(xii) of the
                                December 31, 1993 Form 10-K of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.14    First Amendment, dated  First Amendment, dated March 7,
        March 7, 1994, to the   1994, to the Amended and
        Amended and Restated    Restated Revolving Credit
        Revolving Credit        Agreement dated January 21, 1992
        Agreement.              is incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit 4(xiii) of the
                                December 31, 1993 Form 10-K of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.15    First Amendment to      Four copies of the First
        Revolving Note          Amendment to Revolving Note,
                                (one each for The Prudential
                                Insurance Company of America,
                                First Alabama Bank, PNC Bank,
                                N.A. and Continental Bank N.A.),
                                dated March 7, 1994, to the
                                Amended and Restated Revolving
                                Credit Agreement dated
                                January 21, 1992 are
                                incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit 4(xiv) of the
                                December 31, 1993 Form 10-K of
                                the Registrant.
                                
4.17    Amendment Agreement     Amendment Agreement dated August
                                1, 1994 encompassing the Third
                                Amendment to the Override
                                Agreement dated January 21, 1992
                                and the Second Amendment to the
                                Amended and Restated Revolving
                                Credit Agreement dated January
                                21, 1992 is incorporated by
                                reference to the August 18, 1994
                                Form 8-K of the Registrant.
                                
4.18    Amendment Agreement     Amendment Agreement dated
                                January 3, 1995 encompassing the
                                Fourth Amendment to the Override
                                Agreement dated January 21, 1992
                                and the Third Amendment to the
                                Amended and Restated Revolving
                                Credit Agreement dated January
                                21, 1992 is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit 4 (xvii) of
                                the December 31, 1994 Form 10-K
                                of the Registrant.
                                
4.19    Amendment Agreement     Amendment Agreement dated
                                December 31, 1995 encompassing
                                the Fifth Amendment to the
                                Override Agreement and the
                                Fourth Amendment to the Amended
                                and Restated Revolving Credit
                                Agreement is incorporated by
                                reference to Exhibit 4(xvii) of
                                the December 31, 1995 Form 10-K
                                of the Registrant.
                                
4.20    Amendment Restatement   Amendment and Restatement of
                                Articles IV, V, VI and Appendix
                                A dated February 15, 1996 of the
                                Override Agreement is
                                incorporated by reference to
                                Exhibit 4(xviii) of the December
                                31, 1995 Form 10-K of the
                                Registrant.
                                
5.2     Internal Revenue        Filed herewith.
        Service Determination   
        Letter
        
23.01   Consent of Independent  Filed herewith.
        Certified Public        
        Accountants
        
24.1    Power of Attorney       Filed herewith.
        (included on signature  
        page)
        
                                                                   


                                                      Exhibit 5.2

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE             DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DISTRICT DIRECTOR
31 HOPKINS PLAZA
BALTIMORE, MD  21201-0000
                        Employer Identification Number:
Date: September 16, 1995           25-0447860
                              File Folder Number:
                                   521040876
DRAVO CORPORATION              Person to Contact:
ONE OLIVER PLAZA                   JACK NOVIK
PITTSBURGH, PA  15222      Contact Telephone Number:
                                 (201)645-6549
                              Plan Name:
                               DRAVO MONEY ACCUMULATION PLAN FOR
                               HOURLY EMPLOYEES
                              Plan Number: 024

Dear Applicant:

     We have made a favorable determination on your plan,
identified above, based on the information supplied.  Please keep
this letter in your permanent records.

     Continued qualification of the plan under its present form
will depend on its effect in operation.  (See section 1.401-
1(b)(3) of the Income Tax Regulations.)  We will review the
status of the plan in operation periodically.

     The enclosed document explains the significance of this
favorable determination letter, points out some features that may
affect the qualified status of your employee retirement plan, and
provides information on the reporting requirements for your plan.
It also describes some events that automatically nullify it.  It
is very important that you read the publication.

     This letter relates only to the status of your plan under
the Internal Revenue code.  It is not a determination regarding
the effect of other federal or local statutes.

     This plan satisfies the minimum coverage and
nondiscrimination requirements of sections 410(b) and 401(a)(4)
of the Code because the plan (disregarding any portion that
benefits solely collectively bargained employees) benefits no
highly compensated employees.  This letter may not be relied on
with respect to the aforementioned requirements of the Code for
any plan year in which the plan (disregarding any portion that
benefits solely collectively bargained employees) benefits any
highly compensated employees.

     This letter is issued under Rev. Proc. 93-39 and considers
the amendments required by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 except as
otherwise specified in this letter.

     This letter may not be relied upon with respect to whether
the plan satisfies the qualification requirements as amended by
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, Pub. L. 103-465.

     The information on the enclosed addendum is an integral part
of this determination.  Please be sure to read and keep it with
this letter.



                                            Letter  835 (DO/CG)
                               -2-
DRAVO CORPORATION


     We have sent a copy of this letter to your representative as
indicated in the power of attorney.

     If you have questions concerning this matter, please contact
the person whose name and telephone number are shown above.

                              Sincerely yours,

                              /s/ PAUL M. HARRINGTON

                              District Director

Enclosure(s)
Publication 794
Addendum




                                            LETTER  835 (DO/CG)
                               -3-

DRAVO CORPORATION


This determination is subject to your adoption of the proposed
plan restatement submitted in your authorized representative's
letter dated December 30, 1994.  This determination is also
subject to your adoption of the proposed plan amendments
submitted in your authorized representative's letter dated July
27, 1995.  Both the proposed plan restatement and the amendments
should be adopted on or before the date prescribed by the
regulations under Code section 401(b).


                                            LETTER  835 (DO/CG)




                                                Exhibit 23.01

      Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants
                               
The Board of Directors
Dravo Corporation:

We  consent  to the use of our report dated January  24,  1996
relating   to  the  consolidated  balance  sheets   of   Dravo
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and  1994
and   the   related  consolidated  statements  of  operations,
retained earnings and cash flows for each of the years in  the
three-year period ended December 31, 1995 incorporated  herein
by reference.

Our  report contains an explanatory paragraph that states  the
Company  adopted  the method of accounting for  postemployment
benefits  prescribed  by  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting
Standards  No. 112 in 1994, and the methods of accounting  for
postretirement benefits other than pensions and  income  taxes
prescribed by Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No.
106 and 109, respectively, in 1993.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 28, 1996







                                                   EXHIBIT NO. 24.1
                                 
                         POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Carl A. Gilbert,
Ernest F. Ladd, III and James J. Puhala, and each of them, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities (including his capacity as a
Director and/or officer of Dravo Corporation), to execute a
Registration Statement on Form S-8, including the prospectus and
any and all exhibits and other documents relating thereto, for
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
25,000 shares of Common Stock of the par value of $1.00 per share
of Dravo Corporation, to be delivered under the Dravo Corporation
Money Accumulation Plan, and from time to time to execute any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Name:  /s/  JAMES C. HUNTINGTON, JR.                Date:  June 27, 1996

                                 
                         POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Carl A. Gilbert,
Ernest F. Ladd, III and James J. Puhala, and each of them, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities (including his capacity as a
Director and/or officer of Dravo Corporation), to execute a
Registration Statement on Form S-8, including the prospectus and
any and all exhibits and other documents relating thereto, for
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
25,000 shares of Common Stock of the par value of $1.00 per share
of Dravo Corporation, to be delivered under the Dravo Corporation
Money Accumulation Plan, and from time to time to execute any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Name:  /s/  WILLIAM E. KASSLING                     Date:  June 29, 1996
                                 
                         POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Carl A. Gilbert,
Ernest F. Ladd, III and James J. Puhala, and each of them, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities (including his capacity as a
Director and/or officer of Dravo Corporation), to execute a
Registration Statement on Form S-8, including the prospectus and
any and all exhibits and other documents relating thereto, for
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
25,000 shares of Common Stock of the par value of $1.00 per share
of Dravo Corporation, to be delivered under the Dravo Corporation
Money Accumulation Plan, and from time to time to execute any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Name:  /s/  WILLIAM G. ROTH        Date:   June 29, 1996



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