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Henry Deane (engineer)

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463: 33: 321:, he became Acting Engineer-in-Chief and then Engineer-in-Chief in 1891. In 1894 and again in 1904, he made world trips studying light railways and tramway systems. From July 1899, his role expanded to include tramway construction and he took a leading part in inaugurating the Sydney electric tramway system. 255:(now the National University of Ireland, Galway), where he graduated B.A. in 1865 honours in mathematics and natural science. Like many others, he was awarded M.A. in 1882 by the Queen's University of Ireland, upon its dissolution.. Deane also studied engineering for two years and obtained his diploma at 374:. He had been closely associated with the transcontinental railway since 1903 when he represented New South Wales as chairman of a conference of Engineers-in-Chief on that matter. In 1910 he became engineer-in-chief and supervised the construction of a large portion of this railway. 520:
near Sydney's Central Railway station is named in commemoration of Henry Deane., a fitting tribute since Henry Deane put together plans for the station in his capacity as Engineer-in-Chief of Railway Construction, work began on the Central Railway Station in 1901.
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where he worked on sugar-works. He returned to England but left for Australia at the end of 1879, arriving in Sydney in January 1880 on the
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were named after him. His work on tertiary fossil botany was particularly valuable, and gave him a high reputation among the
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to Hawkesbury line. In July 1886, he became Inspecting Engineer. In June 1889, following the retirement of
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In 1905, the railway construction branch was abolished and Deane retired from the New South Wales railways.
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as a railway surveyor. He was initially involved in the trial survey of the northern line between the
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railways, and from 1871 to 1873 was chief technical assistant at the shipbuilding works of the
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Deane died in Melbourne on 12 March 1924, and was buried with Anglican rites in
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problem. For example, he was put in charge of the third rail experiments at
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standards that lowered construction costs on low-traffic country lines.
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
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and of several learned societies. He was twice president of the
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Deane was also consulted on the issue of solving the national
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On 25 March 1908, he was appointed consulting engineer to the
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in April 1914 and then practised as a consulting engineer at
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One of his significant advances was the introduction of
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In 1883, he was District Engineer on the 343:and oversaw the survey and construction of the 339:In April 1906, he became a consultant to the 262:After two years in the office of (later Sir) 870:Alumni of the National University of Ireland 765:The Wolgan Valley Railway - Its Construction 652:– via National Library of Australia. 133: 1890⁠–⁠1924) 31: 619: 461: 850:English emigrants to colonial Australia 420:and for two years was president of the 865:British expatriates in the Philippines 807: 544: 761: 540: 538: 536: 534: 362:in connection with the survey of the 880:Burials at Brighton General Cemetery 875:English railway mechanical engineers 385:in 1915, and especially the Brennan 223:tramway system and for building the 295:New South Wales Government Railways 13: 793:Dictionary of Australian Biography 604:"Obituary. Henry Deane, 1847-1924" 552:Australian Dictionary of Biography 531: 422:Linnean Society of New South Wales 14: 891: 855:19th-century Australian botanists 835:20th-century Australian botanists 736: 710: 511: 418:Royal Society of New South Wales 331: 266:at London, Deane was engaged by 825:Alumni of King's College London 692:International Plant Names Index 614:(1924): 507–509. 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(1981). 465: 394:Commonwealth Railways 345:Wolgan Valley Railway 257:King's College London 225:Wolgan Valley Railway 174:Wolgan Valley Railway 113:Anna Mathilde Schramb 830:Australian engineers 743:Dictionary of Sydney 717:Dictionary of Sydney 427:In conjunction with 636:"Engineer-in-Chief" 490:author abbreviation 452:Leptospermum deanei 485: 239:Deane was born at 845:English engineers 566:978-0-522-84459-7 518:Henry Deane Plaza 469:Eucalyptus deanei 446:Eucalyptus deanei 410:Brighton Cemetery 214: 213: 187:Scientific career 179:Eucalyptus deanei 887: 801: 779: 754: 753: 751: 749: 734: 728: 727: 725: 723: 708: 702: 701: 688: 682: 681: 679: 677: 660: 654: 653: 651: 649: 632: 626: 625: 623: 600: 594: 593: 591: 589: 542: 508: 498: 497: 496: 392:He retired from 353:Shay locomotives 299:Hawkesbury River 134: 132: 71: 49: 47: 35: 21: 20: 895: 894: 890: 889: 888: 886: 885: 884: 805: 804: 784:Serle, Percival 776: 758: 757: 747: 745: 735: 731: 721: 719: 709: 705: 689: 685: 675: 673: 662: 661: 657: 647: 645: 634: 633: 629: 602: 601: 597: 587: 585: 567: 543: 532: 527: 514: 509: 494: 493: 492: 487: 406: 334: 268:Waring Brothers 237: 176: 162: 156:Alma mater 146: 137: 136: 128: 124: 121: 82: 73: 69: 60: 51: 45: 43: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 893: 883: 882: 877: 872: 867: 862: 857: 852: 847: 842: 837: 832: 827: 822: 817: 803: 802: 788:"Deane, Henry" 780: 774: 756: 755: 737:Deane, Henry. 729: 711:Deane, Henry. 703: 683: 655: 627: 595: 565: 529: 528: 526: 523: 513: 510: 505:botanical name 486: 405: 402: 379:break of gauge 349:standard gauge 333: 330: 319:Edward Whitton 241:Clapham Common 236: 233: 212: 211: 208: 207: 204: 203: 194: 190: 189: 183: 182: 171: 170:Known for 167: 166: 157: 153: 152: 149: 148: 147:Jemima Elliott 143: 139: 138: 126: 122: 119: 118: 117: 116: 114: 110: 108: 104: 103: 98: 94: 93: 88: 84: 83: 74: 72:(aged 76) 66: 62: 61: 54:Clapham Common 52: 41: 37: 36: 28: 27: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 892: 881: 878: 876: 873: 871: 868: 866: 863: 861: 858: 856: 853: 851: 848: 846: 843: 841: 838: 836: 833: 831: 828: 826: 823: 821: 818: 816: 813: 812: 810: 799: 795: 794: 789: 785: 781: 777: 775:0-909650-09-8 771: 767: 766: 760: 759: 744: 740: 733: 718: 714: 713:"Henry Deane" 707: 699: 698: 697: H.Deane 693: 687: 671: 670: 665: 659: 643: 642: 637: 631: 622: 617: 613: 609: 605: 599: 584: 580: 576: 572: 568: 562: 558: 554: 553: 548: 541: 539: 537: 535: 530: 522: 519: 512:Commemoration 506: 502: 491: 488:The standard 483: 479: 475: 471: 470: 464: 460: 459:of his time. 458: 454: 453: 448: 447: 442: 438: 434: 430: 429:Joseph Maiden 425: 423: 419: 415: 411: 401: 399: 395: 390: 388: 384: 380: 375: 373: 369: 365: 361: 356: 354: 350: 346: 342: 337: 332:Second career 329: 327: 322: 320: 316: 312: 308: 304: 300: 296: 291: 289: 285: 281: 277: 273: 269: 265: 260: 258: 254: 250: 246: 242: 232: 230: 226: 222: 218: 209: 205: 202: 198: 195: 191: 188: 184: 181: 180: 175: 172: 168: 165: 161: 158: 154: 150: 144: 140: 115: 112: 111: 109: 105: 102: 99: 95: 92: 89: 85: 81: 77: 68:12 March 1924 67: 63: 59: 55: 50:26 March 1847 42: 38: 34: 29: 22: 19: 791: 764: 746:. 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Clapham Common
England
Melbourne
Australia
Australian
Australian
Queen's College, Galway
King's College, London
Wolgan Valley Railway
Eucalyptus deanei
Engineering
Botany
Sydney
Wolgan Valley Railway
Trans-Australian Railway
Clapham Common
England
Linnean Society of London
Queen's College, Galway
King's College London
John Fowler
Waring Brothers
Hungarian
Danube Steam Navigation Company
Althofen
Philippines
New South Wales Government Railways
Hawkesbury River
Ourimbah

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