James Fowle Baldwin

James Fowle Baldwin
Born29 April 1782 Edit this on Wikidata
Died20 May 1862 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 80)
OccupationCivil engineer Edit this on Wikidata
Parent(s)
FamilyBenjamin Franklin Baldwin, George Rumford Baldwin, Loammi Baldwin Jr. Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldmember of the State Senate of Massachusetts Edit this on Wikidata

James Fowle Baldwin (April 29, 1782 – May 20, 1862) was an early American civil engineer who worked with his father and brothers on the Middlesex Canal, surveyed and designed the Boston and Lowell Railroad and the Boston and Albany Railroad, the first Boston water supply from Lake Cochituate, and many other early engineering projects. He was the first president of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers and served one term as a Senator from Suffolk County to the Massachusetts Senate, then served as a Boston Water Commissioner.