John Bradfield (engineer)

John Bradfield
Born26 December 1867
Died23 September 1943 (aged 75)
Resting placeSt Johns Anglican Church, Gordon, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationIpswich Grammar School
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
SpouseEdith Bradfield (Jenkins)
Children6
Parent(s)John Edward
Maria Bradfield
Engineering career
Employer(s)New South Wales Department of Public Works
Queensland Railways Department
ProjectsSydney Harbour Bridge
Significant designStory Bridge, Circular Quay railway station
AwardsPeter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal
Telford Medal
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John Job Crew Bradfield CMG (26 December 1867 – 23 September 1943) was an Australian engineer best known as the chief proponent of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, of which he oversaw both the design and construction. He worked for the New South Wales Department of Public Works from 1891 to 1933. He was the first recipient of an engineering doctorate from the University of Sydney, in 1924.[1] Other notable projects with which he was associated include the Cataract Dam (completed 1907), the Burrinjuck Dam (completed 1928), and Brisbane's Story Bridge (completed 1940). The Harbour Bridge formed only one component of the City Circle, Bradfield's grand scheme for the railways of central Sydney, a modified version of which was completed after his death. He was also the designer of an unbuilt irrigation project known as the Bradfield Scheme, which proposed that remote areas of western Queensland and north-eastern South Australia could be made fertile by the diversion of rivers from North Queensland.

  1. ^ Bradfield, John Jacob Crew (1924). "The City and Suburban Electric Railways and the Sydney Harbour Bridge". Sydney eScholarship. University of Sydney. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2021.