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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