- Harding Frew
Alison Eavis Harding Frew (1883-1952), known professionally as "Harding Frew", was an
Australian civil engineer primarily concerned with engineering projects inQueensland , his home state.Projects
*80 bridges throughout Queensland
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William Jolly Bridge, Brisbane*Pyrmount Power House,
Sydney *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 Jolly Bridge, in 1955, after an erstwhileLord Mayor of BrisbaneReferences
* [http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/heritage/index.cgi?place=602340&back=1 Information on on his life]
* [http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0004720 The William Jolly Bridge]
* [http://www.cassowarycoastnews.com/id850.html Innisfail City Plan]
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