Charles Henry Bigelow (July 13, 1814 – April 15, 1862)[1] of Lowell, Massachusetts was a 19th-century engineer and architect.
Born in Watertown, Massachusetts,[1] Bigelow was a graduate of West Point, ranking second in the class of 1835.
[6] Bigelow served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers until April 25, 1846, working as an assistant engineer during the construction of Fort Warren and Fort Independence at Boston Harbor and leaving active duty as a captain.
[9] According to one account: Jesse Glover, overseer of repairs testified at the inquest that he had always considered the building weak.
John B. Tuttle, superintendent of brick work testified that he had complained to the architect, Bigelow, that he thought the walls were insufficient.