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Mountain, Adrien Charles (c. 1849 - 1935) |
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Adrien Charles Mountain, a specialist in street paving, was city surveyor of both Sydney and Melbourne. |
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Born c. 1849. Died Sherbrooke, Victoria, 23 September 1935. 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. | |
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