Person
Irwin, Harold Beresford (1882 - 1962)
- Born
- 1882
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Died
- September 1962
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Assayer and Bridge builder
Summary
Harold Irwin, a civil engineering contractor from Ballarat, was a pioneer in building in reinforced concrete.
Details
Harold Irwin, between 1911 and 1938, constructed more than 20 bridges, as well as water supply projects across Victoria.
Major Works included: the peace memorial reinforced concrete bridge over the Dandenong Creek, Mordialloc (1918); the Calder Highway bridge over the Avoca River, Charlton (1925); and working as foreman for the construction of the Rubicon hydro-electric scheme (1926).
Chronology
- 1903
- Education - Mining Assayer, Ballarat School of Mines
- 1904 - 1909
- Career position - Assayer, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1909
- Education - Mine Manager, Ballarat School of Mines
- 1911 - 1938
- Career position - H B Irwin, Civil engineering contractor.
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Children
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Irwin, Patrick and Boak, Andrew, 'Ghosts of bridges past: the civil works of Harold Beresford Irwin, 1882 - 1962', Engineering Heritage Australia magazine, 2 (6) (2017), 10-3, https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/Learned%20Society/eha%20magazine%20vol%202%20no%206%20%20July%202017.pdf. Details
Resources
- 'Irwin, Harold Beresford (1882-19620930)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772632. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 23 August 2018