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Edgar Ritchie (engineer)

Edgar Ritchie (engineer)

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For the Canadian diplomat, see Edgar Ritchie.

Edgar Gowar Ritchie (15 July 1871 – 23 July 1956) was an Australian hydraulic engineer who worked for the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works for the majority of his career.[1] He was the engineer of water supply from 1908 until his retirement in 1936. In this role he was responsible for the construction of the Maroondah, O'Shannassy and Silvan reservoirs and their associated aqueducts.[2] In 1943, Ritchie was awarded the Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal from the Institution of Engineers Australia.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Morgan, Marjorie (1988). "Ritchie, Edgar Gowar (1871–1956)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
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    Ritchie, E. G. (October 1934), "Melbourne's Water Supply Undertaking" (PDF), Journal of Institution of Engineers Australia, 6: 379–382, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011
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    "Honorary Fellows and Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal recipients". Institution of Engineers Australia. 2011. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
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