Alison Eavis Harding Frew (1883-1952), known professionally as "Harding Frew", was an Australiancivil engineer primarily concerned with engineering projects in Queensland, his home state.
Harding Frew began his career in the Queensland Railways Department in 1908. In 1911, he established a private practice where he focussed on municipal projects such as:[1]
wharves
bridges
electricity supplies
water and sewerage services
He consulted to over 100 local government authorities in Queensland in addition to work in New South Wales and Victoria.[1]
Projects
Harding Frew built over 80 bridges throughout Queensland, including:[1]
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 Jolly Bridge, in 1955, after an erstwhile Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
Later life
Harding Frew died at his home in Adamson Street, Eagle Junction on 4 July 1952;[6] he was 69 years old.[1]
References
^ abcdefg"Harding Frew, noted engineer, dead at 69". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 5 July 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
^Queensland Registrar-General Index of Births 1883/C4785
^ ab"WEDDING". The Queensland Times. Ipswich, Queensland: National Library of Australia. 15 September 1911. p. 3 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
^Queensland Registrar-General Index of Marriages 1911/B10682
^Ancestry user:pjreill. "Family tree: Reilly's of Australia". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 5 February 2015. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
^Queensland Registrar-General Index of Deaths 1952/B38762
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harding Frew.
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