Charles Ower
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He was born in or near Perth on 31 July 1813, the son of Thomas Ower or Owler and his wife, Jean Gregor. He trained as a civil engineer and industrial architect.
He worked as assistant to James Leslie overseeing the renewal of Dundee Harbour from 1832 to 1846.[3]
In 1850 he designed the East Station in Dundee (originally called the Arbroath station) for the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. He later designed the Dock Street tunnel linking the Arbroath line to the Perth line. In 1857 he was responsible for the Camperdown Dock in Dundee. Other works were the floating dock gate in Alloa (1862), Victoria Dock in Dundee (1869), premises for Boase & Co (1875).[4]
From 1846 he lived at 11 Craigie Terrace in Dundee.
He died at home, 150 Ferry Road in Dundee, on 20 September 1876.[5]
