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O'Connor, Charles Yelverton (1843 - 1902)CMG |
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| Born: 11 January 1843 Castletown, Meath, Ireland. Died: 10 March 1902 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia. | ||
| Charles Yelverton O'Connor was engineer-in-chief for Western Australia 1891-1902. He was responsible for the construction of the harbour at Fremantle, he made striking improvements in the building and operation of the government railways and was the driving force behind the Coolgardie Water Supply Scheme. The latter project resulted in O’Connor being submitted to almost constant uninformed criticism which lead to him taking his own life. Despite this, the scheme was completed in late 1902 and proved to be immensely successful. Before his Western Australian appointment, O’Connor worked in New Zealand on various surveying and engineering projects 1865-1891. |
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