Edgar Gowar Ritchie (15 July 1871 – 23 July 1956) was an Australian
hydraulic engineer
Hydraulic engineering as a sub-discipline of civil engineering is concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water and sewage. One feature of these systems is the extensive use of gravity as the motive force to cause the move ...
who worked for the
Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works for the majority of his career.
[
] He was the engineer of water supply from 1908 until his retirement in 1936. In this role he was responsible for the construction of the
Maroondah,
O'Shannassy and
Silvan reservoirs and their associated aqueducts.
[
] In 1943, Ritchie was awarded the
Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal from the Institution of
Engineers Australia
Engineers Australia (EA), known formally as the Institution of Engineers, Australia, is an Australian professional body and Non-profit organization, not-for-profit organisation whose purpose is to advance the science and practice of engineerin ...
.
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1871 births
1956 deaths
Engineers from Melbourne
Australian civil engineers
People from Kew, Victoria