P007849 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-09-10 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-09-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007849b.htm person Smith Albert Casson AACR2 13 March 1864 28 Nov 1933 Place of Birth Bradford, Yorkshire, England Place of Death St.Kilda East, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Casson Smith AssocMInstCE MVIE CE, was assistant designing engineer, Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works, associated with the design of the Melbourne Sewerage System from c1891 to 1929. Prior to moving to Australia from England in 1885, he gained experience in the design and construction of the Sheffield Sewerage Scheme. In Victoria, he was active within the engineering profession and the Victorian Institute of Engineers serving on its Council, as Vice president in 1925-26 and 1928, and as President in 1927. 1879 1884 Education - Pupilage, under Charles Gott, MInstCE, Bradford Yorkshire [Idle Waterworks, Silsden Waterworks, Spen Valley Drainage, Sheffield Sewerage Scheme] 18 Apr 1882 18 Apr 1882 Career event - Student Member (StudInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1884 1885 Career position - Resident Engineer, Sewerage Board, Sheffield, Yorkshire 1885 1885 Life event - Migrated to Victoria 1886 1886 Career event - Recommended as Inspector of Works/Engineer, Tullaroop Shire, Victoria, but declined. 1886 1887 Career position - Draughtsman, Office of the City Surveyor, City of Melbourne [Wood pavement and related drainage works] 1887 1887 Career event - Granted Certificate of Qualification as Engineer and Surveyor (CE), Local Government Act VIC [after examination] 1887 c. 1890 Career position - Assistant City Surveyor, City of South Melbourne 1888 1888 Career event - Government contract surveyor 1889 1889 Career event - Licensed to practise as a Surveyor under the Transfer of Land Act VIC 3 Dec 1889 3 Dec 1889 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London c. 1891 1929 Career position - Assistant designing engineer, Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works 1908 1908 Career event - Member (MVIE), Victorian Institute of Engineers 1925 1926 Career position - Vice-president, Victorian Institute of Engineers 1925 1928 Career position - Member of Council, Victorian Institute of Engineers 1927 1927 Career position - President, Victorian Institute of Engineers 1928 1928 Career position - Vice-president, Victorian Institute of Engineers 1929 1929 Life event - Retired Victorian Institute of Engineers (1883 - 1949)

President 1927; Vice-president 1925 - 1926, 1928; Council from 1925

 Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, State of Victoria (1891 - 1990s)

Assistant designing engineer c1891 - 1929

 'Smith, Albert Casson (Casson)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Smith, Albert Casson (Casson) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Sewering Melbourne metropolitan area (Retiring President's Address) Smith, A. Casson Sewering Melbourne metropolitan area (Retiring President's Address) 1928 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers 1927-1928 74-83 Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com