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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-11-07 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-07-08 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006691b.htm person Crawford Hugh Ralston AACR2 6 April 1874 24 October 1954 Place of Birth Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America Place of Death Kew, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Architect Hugh Crawford was a pioneer in the design and construction of reinforced concrete in Queensland and Victoria, and in particular, the use of the 'Turner Mushroom System' of flat slab construction of multi-storied buildings in Melbourne, from 1910.

Associated Engineering Works:

Bridges and railway works:
* c1890. Design of Burnett Railway Bridge, Bundaberg, Queensland;
* c1894. Design of "Albert Bridge", Indooroopilly Railway Bridge, Queensland;
* c1904. Design of Degilbo-Biggenden railway, Queensland;
* 1905. Concrete Arch Railway Bridge over Deep Creek, Chowey, Queensland;

* 1928. Proposal for Transporter Bridge, Yarra River, at Spencer Street, Melbourne;
* 1928. Proposal for Transporter Bridge, Yarra River, at Williamstown Road, Newport.

Buildings:
* 1902. Design of Railway Station Building, Townsville, Queensland;
* 1910. Sniders & Abrahams cigarette factory, 7 Drewery Lane, Melbourne;
* 1910. Grosser's Warehouse, 214-216 Queen Street, Melbourne;
* 1911. Briscoe and Co Store, corner Stanley & Adderley Streets. West Melbourne;
* 1912. Sniders & Abrahams Bond Store, corner Little Lonsdale Street & Drewery Lane;
* 191?. Grossers Factory, 233-237 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne;
* 1924. W.D. and H.O. Wills, 411-423 Swanston Street, Melbourne;
* 1921-28. Herald & Weekly Times, 44-74 Flinders Street, Melbourne;
* 1928. Myer Warehouse, 258 Queensbury Street, Carlton;
* 1931-32. Myer Emporium, 275-321 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne;
* 1933. Manton's Building, 228-234 Bourke Street, Melbourne;
* 1933. St Vincent's Hospital & Nurses Home, 44 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne;
* c1930. Commonwealth Bank, 363-371 Collins Street, Melbourne;
* 1930-33. Commonwealth Bank, Murray Street, Perth;
* 1935. City West Automatic Telephone Exchange, 434-436 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne;
* 1935. Automatic Telephone Exchange, Davey Street, Hobart;
* 1938. Two storey addition to Sniders & Abrahams, 7 Drewery Lane, Melbourne.

c. 1883 c. 1883 Life event - Migrated to Townsville, Queensland, Australia 1883 c. 1886 Education - Townsville Grammar School, Queensland. 1890 1890 Career position - Articled to Eyre & Munro, Civil engineers and architects, Townsville 1896 1906 Career position - Bridge design engineer, Queensland Railways, under Chief Engineer, William Pagan. 1906 1906 Life event - Moved to Melbourne, Victoria. 1907 1907 Patent - Monolithic reinforced concrete cavity wall. No.9315, P.P. 1908 1908 Patent - System of Reinforcing concrete with twisted steel bars. No.11241. Prov. 1914 1919 Career position - Designing Engineer, Metcalf Company of Montreal, Wheat silos in New South Wales. 1923 1923 Career event - Registered Architect, Architects Registration Act (Vic.1922) 1924 1924 Patent - Improvements in centreing or forms for reinforced concrete structures [18533/1924] 26 October 1954 26 October 1954 Buried - Cremated, Memorialised, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Victoria

Wikidata

 'Crawford, Hugh Ralston', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Crawford, Hugh Ralston Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015