Charles Frederick Loweth

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Was the chief engineer of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (AKA the Milwaukee Road.)

BNSF Center Street Overpass (Carroll County, Iowa)
Chief Engineer, 1913
Through truss bridge over Center Street, West Nishnabota River & removed CGW
Open to traffic

Boom Island Pedestrian Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Designer, 1901
Pratt through truss bridge over Back Channel of Mississippi River on Pedestrian trail
Open to pedestrians

Crescent Rail Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Chief Engineer, 1898
Camelback through truss bridge over Mississippi River on BNSF/CP/IC&E/DM&E Railroad in Davenport
Open to traffic

Portland Water Works Bridge (Clackamas County, Oregon)
Apparently shown here as Chas F. Loweth, 1893
Lost Pennsylvania-petit through truss bridge over Sandy River carrying City of Portland Bull Run Water Conduits #2 and #4
Dismantled after the completion of an under river pipeline

Red Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Chief Engineer, 1896
Pratt through truss bridge over Catfish Creek on Railroad
Replaced by a TPG in 2012

Rock Island Bridge (Washington County, Minnesota)
Chief Engineer/Designer, 1895
Abandoned through truss swing bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Paul Park
Closed to all traffic