George Bates Nichols Tower
- George Bates Nichols Tower
George Bates Nichols Tower (1834 – 1889) [cite book |author=Daughters of the American Revolution |authorlink=Daughters of the American Revolution |title=Lineage Book |year=1928 |publisher=Daughters of the American Revolution |location= |isbn= |pages=] was an American civil and mechanical engineer and Union naval officer during the American Civil War.[ He served for at least part of his term of service on the "USS Canandaigua" as chief engineer. [cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/cw/sasquad1.htm |title=Officers of Navy Yards, Shore Stations, and Vessels, 1 January 1865 |accessdate=2007-05-27 |date=1998-06-12 |work=Naval Historical Center (Source: "Register of the Commissioned, Warrant, and Volunteer Officers of the Navy of the United States, Including Officers of the Marine Corps and Others, to January 1, 1865". Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1865.)] He was also a Chandler Instructor in civil engineering at Dartmouth College.]
In 1874, he wrote "Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building".[cite book |last=Tower |first=George Bates Nichols |title=Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=aNVMrlvpifMC&printsec=titlepage&dq=%22George+Bates+Nichols+Tower%22 |year=1874 |publisher=A. Williams & Company |location=Boston, Massachusetts] ]
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