Person

Mountain, Adrien Charles (c. 1849 - 1935)

Born
c. 1849
Died
23 September 1935
Sherbrooke, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Civil engineer

Summary

Adrien Charles Mountain, a specialist in street paving, was city surveyor of both Sydney and Melbourne.

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Adrien Charles Mountain arrived Australia as a boy; educated Sydney Grammar School; articled to W.C. Bennett, engineer; worked in office of city engineer of Sydney 1866-74; to office of John Witton engineer in chief for railways; became city surveyor Sydney, then city surveyor Melbourne 1888. President, Victorian Institute of Civil Engineers 1895; chairman, Municipal Engineering Examination Board.

Chronology

5 May 1885
Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London

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Journal Articles

  • 'Civil engineer', 'International Roads Congress', Commonwealth Engineer, 1 (2) (1913), 54-55. Details
  • Mountain, A. C., 'Wood paving in Australia', Commonwealth Engineer, 1 (3) (1913), 80-83. Details
  • Mountain, Adrien Charles, 'President's Address 1896', Various Papers and Discussions of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. II 1892-1899 (1900). http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24246. Details
  • Mountain, Adrien Charles, 'The evolution of the modern road (Paper & Discussion)', Various Papers and Discussions of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. II 1892-1899 (1900). http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24241. Details
  • Mountain, Adrien Charles, 'Recent improvements in the sanitation of Melbourne', Various Papers and Discussions of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. II 1892-1899 (1900). http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24237. Details
  • Mountain, Adrien Charles, 'Notes on a few engineering works of the old world and America (Paper & Discussion)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. IX (1909), 64-88, 122-127. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24414. Details

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See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_m.html. Details
  • Fraser, Don, 'Chapter 3: Roads and streets' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 41-62. Details

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