Harding Frew
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Alison Eavis Harding Frew (1883-1952), known professionally as "Harding Frew", was an Australian civil engineer
primarily concerned with engineering projects in Queensland
, his home state.
Bridge, in 1955, after an erstwhile Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
primarily concerned with engineering projects in Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, his home state.
Projects
- 80 bridges throughout Queensland
- William Jolly Bridge, Brisbane
- Pyrmount Power House, SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
- Hornibrook Highway Project
- Sandgate-Redcliffe Bridge
- Redcliffe Jetty
- Armidale Electricity System
- Innisfail City Plan
William Jolly Bridge
This is his most notable project. Erected as a series of bow-string sections it was either the fourth or sixth crossing of the river in Brisbane. Built of concrete sprayed steel, (gunite), a Swiss system, and completed in 1932, it was renamed from the Grey Street Bridge to the William JollyWilliam Jolly
William Alfred Jolly CMG was the Mayor of Windsor Town Council from 1918 to 1923, and the first Lord Mayor of the Greater Brisbane City Council from 1925 to 1931.-Public life:...
Bridge, in 1955, after an erstwhile Lord Mayor of Brisbane.