Thomas C. Powell

Thomas Carr Powell (September 5, 1865 – February 9, 1945) was an American railroad executive from Cincinnati, Ohio. During World War I, he served as manager of inland traffic and was a member of the priorities committee in the War Industries Board. He also served as director of the Division of Capital Expenditures for the United States Railroad Administration. Powell was president of both the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad and the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad.

Early life Thomas Carr Powell was born on September 5, 1865, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mary (née Berrall) and Thomas Powell. His father was a commission broker and his grandfather owned a lace factory in Nottingham, England. He attended Woodward High School in Brooklyn and public schools in Cincinnati and Dunellen, New Jersey. At a young age, he worked on the Cincinnati docks along the Ohio River with his father.

In 1915, Powell became president of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. They had one daughter, Mary Leigh. His wife died in 1930. While in St. Louis, Powell lived at 3737 Washington Boulevard. He had a summer home on Harbor Road in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He had a home at 1721 State Street in New Orleans.

Powell died on February 9, 1945, in New Orleans. He was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery.