Person

Bright, Harold Edward (1899 - 1958)

Born
24 November 1899
Auckland, New Zealand
Died
1 June 1958
late of Crunulla, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Civil engineer

Summary

Harold Bright, AMIEAust, was associated with the engineering work for the hydro-electric scheme on the Waikato River in New Zealand in 1929, when he was working for Armstrong Witworth and Company. In particular, the construction of a diversion tunnel to dewater the damsite during construction of the dam.

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Chronology

1929
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
c. 1929 - c. 1930
Career position - Engineer, Armstrong Witworth and Company, New Zealand
1932
Award - Warren Memorial Prize 1932, Institution of Engineers Australia
c. 1933 - c. 1934
Career position - Shire engineer, Coolamon, New South Wales
1937
Career position - Engineer, Messrs A. J. Hill, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
1941 - 1944
Military service - Second World War. Captain, RAE

Related Awards

  • W. H. Warren Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1926 - )

    Awarded Warren Memorial Prize 1932, for the paper "The de-watering of a damsite in a river bed confined between the precipitous cliffs of a narrow gorge", vol.1, no.5, May 1929, p.171-183. [1932 Award shared with H. Hughes, for the paper "Spencer Street Bridge, II - Concrete work", Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, vol.1, no.6, Jun 1929, pp.221-226.]

Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Bright, Harold Edward, 'The dewatering of a damsite - in a river bed confined between the precipitous cliffs of a narrow gorge and with a normal flow of 8000 cusecs, and average velocity 10 feet per second.', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1 (5) (1929), 171-183. Details

Resources

Ken McInnes

Created: 9 July 2025

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