C.Y. O’Connor: His Life and Legacy (Signed numbered limited edition.)

HARDCOVER First Edition. FINE COPY. Presentation copy. Numbered and signed by Author limited edition #298/330 O’Connor is a legendary figure in early colonial civil engineering. His work, particularly the Goldfields Pipeline Scheme, which brought water 560 kilometres to the desert Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia, was misunderstood and undervalued by many of his contemporaries, but is now revered and celebrated. xiii, 287 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.  #1115/0520/0720/0621/270222/020522 Signed bu Author.