Charles Blackwell

Charles Blackwell (4 February 1843 – 29 December 1906) was an English civil engineer, primarily known for his railway engineering work in Canada and the United States. He came from a family of engineers; his father was Thomas Evans Blackwell and his grandfather was John Blackwell.

Early life Blackwell was born at Foxhangers near Devizes, Wiltshire, on 4 February 1843. He emigrated to Canada in 1857 with his family when his father, Thomas Evans Blackwell, began employment as vice president of the Grand Trunk Railroad.

Blackwell was educated at the High School of Montreal and later at McGill College.

In 1891 he worked for the Schoenberger Steel Company in Pittsburgh, but returned to railway engineering in 1897 to work with the receivers of the failing Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad. and grandfather had been members of the institution. In 1881 he was elected as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1881.

Personal life Blackwell married Mary Emily Margaret Chandler, known as Emily, in 1878. Chandler was the granddaughter of Edward Barron Chandler, lieutenant governor of New Brunswick.

Blackwell died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 29 December 1906.