The iron man of Sydney Cove : the untold story of Richard Dawson, colonial engineer / Harry Irwin
- Bib ID:
- 7342914
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Irwin, Harry, author
- Description:
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- North Melbourne, VIC : Australian Scholarly Publication, 2017
- ©2017
- x, 261 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, some colour, map, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781925333947 (paperback)
- Summary:
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"Richard ‘Dicky’ Dawson, Sydney merchant and engineer, a well-liked, highly-respected and fair man but a hard taskmaster, was Australia’s first important iron founder. From the 1830s, his Australian Foundry at Sydney Cove near Circular Quay produced a wide range of agricultural, architectural, marine and goldfields iron castings and machinery, including steam engines, and made a major early contribution to colonial development by importing iron-trade technologies and products of England’s Industrial Revolution. His ‘manufactory’ made innovative repairs to sailing and steam ships visiting Port Jackson. He also had coastal and island shipping interests, and his Lord Howe Island trading station venture supplied provisions to visiting local, European and American whaling vessels. Myriad challenges confronted this determined colonial entrepreneur. He adopted inventive engineering and commercial solutions to overcome them, and thrived, far from his Bristol home and Scottish roots."--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-255) and indexes.
- Subject:
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- Dawson, Richard, 1800-1865
- Blacksmiths -- Australia -- 19th century -- Biography
- Colonists -- Australia -- 19th century -- Biography
- Ironwork -- Australia -- 19th century
- Engineering -- Australia -- 19th century
- Blacksmiths -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- 19th century -- Biography
- Colonists -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- 19th century -- Biography
- Ironwork -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- 19th century
- Engineering -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- 19th century
- Australian
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