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Frederick William Cappelen (October 21, 1857 – October 16, 1921) was a Norwegian-born architect and civil engineer who held the office of Minneapolis City Engineer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = American Society of Civil Engineers ) 〕 Frederick William Cappelen was born in Drammen, Norway. He attended school in Fredrikstad in Østfold county, Norway. He was educated at the Technical School in Örebro, Sweden and then at the Royal Saxon Polytechnicum (now Dresden University of Technology) in Dresden, Germany before emigrating to the United States in 1880. Cappelen was initially employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad and in 1886 became a City of Minneapolis bridge engineer. He was elected City Engineer in 1893 and re-elected in 1913. He held membership in the American Society of Municipal Improvements and the Minneapolis Society of Engineers. He was elected a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers on April 3, 1895.〔 Cappelen was responsible for the design of many public works buildings in Minneapolis, for example the Prospect Park Water Tower,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = Waymarking.com )〕 the Kenwood Park Water Tower,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kenwood Park Water Tower )〕 and the Cappelen Memorial Bridge, which is named in honor of him.〔''Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Volume 47 '' (New York: American Society of Civil Engineers. 1948) ()〕 Frederick William Cappelen died during the construction of the bridge, and as a memorial to his life and career, the bridge still bears his name. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick William Cappelen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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