John Bradfield (engineer)

John Bradfield CMG
Born	26 December 1867 Sandgate, Queensland, Australia
Died	23 September 1943 (aged 75) Gordon, New South Wales, Australia
Resting place	St Johns Anglican Church, Gordon, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Education	Ipswich Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Spouse	Edith Bradfield (Jenkins)
Children	6
Parent(s)	John Edward Maria Bradfield
Engineering career
Employer(s)	New South Wales Department of Public Works Queensland Railways Department
Projects	Sydney Harbour Bridge
Significant design	Story Bridge, Circular Quay railway station
Awards	Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal Telford Medal
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John Job Crew Bradfield CMG (26 December 1867 – 23 September 1943) was an Australian engineer best known as the chief proponent of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, of which he oversaw both the design and construction. He worked for the New South Wales Department of Public Works from 1891 to 1933. He was the first recipient of an engineering doctorate from the University of Sydney, in 1924.^[1] Other notable projects with which he was associated include the Cataract Dam (completed 1907), the Burrinjuck Dam (completed 1928), and Brisbane's Story Bridge (completed 1940). The Harbour Bridge formed only one component of the City Circle, Bradfield's grand scheme for the railways of central Sydney, a modified version of which was completed after his death. He was also the designer of an unbuilt irrigation project known as the Bradfield Scheme, which proposed that remote areas of western Queensland and north-eastern South Australia could be made fertile by the diversion of rivers from North Queensland.