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Author
Coltheart, Lenore; Fraser, Don
Title
Landmarks in Public Works: Engineers and Their Works in New South Wales, 1884-1914
Imprint
Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1987, 144 pp
ISBN/ISSN
0868062960
Subject
History of Applied Sciences Engineering
Description

A volume in the Public Works Department history project.

Abstract

Faced with the pressing need to transport both people and goods over great distances, provide safe ports, and ensure adequate water supplies for rural towns, the state's engineering had to develop ingenious new solutions - the world's first electrically operated swing-bridge, and the thinnest curved dam wall, for example. Lighthouses, bridges and dams had to be built cheaply and safely; estuaries had to be dredged, land reclaimed and breakwaters erected.
This book is testament to the successes of these engineers in meeting the technological and design challenges of this fascinating era.

Source
Carlson 1988

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