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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn; Ken McInnes updated 2025-03-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005685b.htm person D'Alton John AACR2 c. 1829 30 September 1904 Place of Birth Kilkenny, Ireland Place of Death Brighton, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Municipal engineer John D'Alton CE was Municipal Engineer for the Borough and Shire of Stawell in Western Victoria from 1870 to 1882. His most significant contribution was the design and building of the innovative Stawell water supply system that has served the community for over 130 years. Water was captured from the Fyans Creek in the Grampians, then conveyed via a 12 km above-ground timber flume constructed over rough terrain, a 1 km tunnel through the Mount William Range, and a 25 km pipeline to a reservoir at Big Hill in Stawell. The tunnel was created used the cutting-edge Australian technology of steam-powered air compressors and rock drills developed by Robert Ford. The water supply flume system is the only surviving example in Victoria. 1861 1861 Life event - Migrated to Victoria 1861 1862 Career position - Engineering draftsman, Working for John Usher CE, Ararat [Original designs for bridges, roads, buildings, reservoirs, and surveys] 1863 Career position - Government Mining Surveyor and Registrar, Pleasant Creek and Barclay Divisions of the Ararat Mining District 1870 1871 Career position - Municipal engineer, Borough of Stawell 1871 1871 Career event - Granted Certificate of Competency as Engineer and Surveyor (CE), (2nd Class Cert B), Shires Statute and Boroughs Statute 1869 VIC 1872 1875 Career position - Municipal engineer, Shire of Stawell 1874 1882 Career position - Municipal engineer, Borough of Stawell 1886 1889 Career position - Municipal engineer, Shire of Portland 1891 1897 Career position - Municipal engineer, Town of Brighton D'Alton, John St Eloy (1867 - 1936) D'Alton, St Eloy (1850 - 1930) D'Alton, John (1829-19040930)

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 'D'Alton, John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology D'Alton, John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: North-western canal scheme Davidson, Robert North-western canal scheme 1878 The Age 7 Journal Article: Stawell water supply - sources in the Victorian Grampians: a tale of a visionary engineer and great engineering achievement Peake, Owen Stawell water supply - sources in the Victorian Grampians: a tale of a visionary engineer and great engineering achievement 2015 Engineering Heritage Australia magazine 1 7 18-20