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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2021-12-08 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005785b.htm person Schulze Carl Oscar AACR2 1 August 1848 1919 Place of Birth Leipzig, Germany Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Engineer Oscar Schulze was an engineer who came to Sydney in 1879 as the representative of a printing press company. Over the next 40 years was he was involved in civil engineering projects throughout New South Wales. These included the construction of aerial ropeways for mining endeavours in the Blue Mountains, and as resident consultant engineer for the Hawkesbury River railway bridge designed with pin jointed connections and tension rod members instead of the traditional riveted design. To the 1891 Royal Commission into Sydney's railways, Schulze made submissions for the integration of tram and railway services by using the same locomotives and carriages for both, and the construction of cantilever bridges. Schulze is best known for designing the Junction Reefs dam on Belubula River for Lyndhurst Goldfields Ltd, a 2,000 megalitre arch dam incorporating an innovative hydropower system. 1879 1879 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1914 1914 Life event - Naturalised as an Australian citizen Schulze, Carl Oscar (18480801-19191231)

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 'Schulze, Carl Oscar (Oscar)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Schulze, Carl Oscar (Oscar) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Carl Oscar Schulze: One of Australia's Finest Engineers Mackie, Amanda and Pells, Philip Carl Oscar Schulze: One of Australia's Finest Engineers 2011 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 97 25-43 Journal Article: Carl Oscar Schulze : One of Australia's Finest Engineers Mackie, Amanda and Pells, Philip Carl Oscar Schulze : One of Australia's Finest Engineers 2011 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 47 38-41