Person

Cracknell, Edward Charles (1831 - 1893)

Born
1831
Rochester, Kent, England
Died
14 January 1893
Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Electrical engineer and Telegraphic engineer

Summary

Edward Cracknell was Assistant Superintendent of Telegraphs in South Australia 1855-1857 and in New South Wales 1858-1860. He was appointed Superintendent in 1861. He researched and developed torpedoes for the defence of Sydney Harbour firing the first torpedo in 1871.

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Chronology

6 Mar 1866
Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1874 - 1880
Career event - Member (MSTE), Society of Telegraph Engineers , London
1880
Career event - Member (MIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London
30 Mar 1886
Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Edward Charles Cracknell - Records, 1855 - 1893; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Affleck, J. L., 'Cracknell, Edward Charles (1831-1893)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1969), pp. 488-489. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030455b.htm. Details
  • Holt, Thomas; Garran, Andrew; Cracknell, Edward Charles, 'The Blasting Cartridge (Patent No. 416, 12 May 1874)' in Index to New South Wales Letters of Registration of Inventions, 1854 to July 1887 (Sydney: Government Printer, 1891). Details

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See also

  • Engineers Australia ed., Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2019), 236 pp. p.24. Details
  • Langevad, Bob, 'Chapter 12: Telecommunications' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 241-256. Details

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