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Chaffey, George (1848 - 1932)

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Irrigation expert

Born: 28 January 1848 Brockville, Ontario, Canada. Died: 1 March 1932 California, United States of America.

George Chaffey established irrigation companies in both Mildura and Renmark with his brother, William, in 1887. The company, Chaffey Brothers Ltd, went into liquidation in 1894 and he returned to the United States in 1897 and undertook irrigation projects there.

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Chaffey, William Benjamin (1856 - 1926)

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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/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003422. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 6 December 2006

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