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Conference Paper

Author
McInnes, Ken G.
Title
Engineer David John McClelland (1873-1962) and the reinforced concrete Campaspe River syphon
In
19th Australasian engineering heritage conference: putting water to work: steam power, river navigation and water supply
Editors
Engineers Australia and Engineering Heritage Australia
Imprint
Engineering Heritage Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 2017, pp. 263-277
ISBN/ISSN
9781922107923
Url
https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.384763614517292
Subject
History of Applied Sciences Engineering and Technology
Abstract

This paper describes the life and works of engineer David John McClelland MCE MInstCE MIEAust (1873- 1962) and especially the notable early reinforced concrete structures he built on the irrigation systems of Victoria and New South Wales. In particular the significant reinforced concrete syphon / subway on the Waranga-Western Irrigation Channel under the Campaspe River near Rochester (1909) - "the largest reinforced concrete undertaking in the Commonwealth" at the time, completed in just 4 months, and his detailed technical paper about its construction, published soon afterwards, that promulgated the techniques he used for constructing in reinforced concrete.

Other notable earlier irrigation contracts include the Murrumbidgee Northern Canal (1905) and the smaller 'subways' on the Goulburn Eastern Channel under the Honeysuckle Creek and the Broken River (1908). Later contracts include the Wakool Bridge (1913); Yanga Regulator (1913) and the Moorabool reservoir - Ballarat Water Supply (1914).

Then in partnership with the English firm Armstrong Whitworth, the construction of the Rubicon (Sugarloaf) Hydro-scheme (1926); the Shannon River Hydro-scheme Tasmania (1927-31); and the proposals for a Clarence River Hydro-scheme in New South Wales (1927). He was a commissioner of the State Electricity Commission Victoria (1932-1941); the chairman of the Royal Commission into the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission Victoria (1936); and a member of the board of enquiry into the Hydro-Electricity Commission Tasmania (1940). He was consulting engineer and honorary treasurer to the Melbourne Cricket Club, and supervised the construction of the Southern (1936-47) and Northern/Olympic (1956) grandstands.

Source
cohn 2018

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