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Bennett, William Christopher (1824 - 1889) |
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| Born: 4 July 1824 Dublin, Ireland. Died: 29 September 1889 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | ||
| William Christopher Bennett occupied many important engineering posts in New South Wales including that of commissioner for main roads. He advised against a narrow-gauge railway to Mudgee, saving the colony from the confusion of two internal railway gauges. |
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| Born Dublin, 4 July 1824. Died Sydney, 29 September 1889. Articled surveyor 1840; worked in Ireland on border surveys and as a surveyor and engineer on railways and drainage works; surveying and exploring, Latin America 1852 and 1853; New Zealand 1854; Survey Department, New South Wales 1855; assistant city Engineer on sewage works 1855-56; Campbelltown railway extension 1857-58; assistant engineer of main roads to superintend the repair of a flood-damaged bridge at Bathurst 1858; engineer to the Department of Roads 1859-60; Railway Department 1862; commissioner for main roads 1862-89. Appointed to special commissions in the field of water suppply and sewerage in Sydney 1868, 1875 and 1888. |
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