| 词条 | Percy Allan |
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| name = Percy Allan | image = Percy_allan.png | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1861|07|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1930|05|07|1861|07|12|df=y}} | death_place = {{NSWcity|Darlinghurst}}, New South Wales, Australia | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = Bridge design; Allan Truss bridge | occupation = Civil engineer }} Percy Allan (12 July 1861 – 7 May 1930) was a civil engineer who designed a large number of public works in New South Wales, including the design of 583 bridges. Early lifeAllan was the son of Maxwell Rennie Allan, principal Under-Secretary of State for New South Wales,[1] and was born in Elizabeth Street, Sydney on 12 July 1861.[2] He was educated at Calder House, Redfern, and joined the government Works Department in 1878 as a cadet.[3] CareerBetween 1893 and 1896 he designed 349 bridges and punts in New South Wales, and between 1896 and 1899 he designed a further 126 bridges including the Pyrmont Bridge[4] and the Glebe Island Bridge. In 1900 he was appointed Principal Assistant Engineer for Rivers, Water Supply and Drainage, and supervised the completion of the Sydney low level sewerage system, which was a pumping system to replace harbour sewage outfalls. Following this he was appointed to the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board. He returned to the Public Works Department in 1912, and had overall design responsibility for the steel Pratt truss{{endash}}type Tom Uglys Bridge over the Georges River.[5] He is also credited with designing his own type of Truss Bridge, the Allan Truss. He was awarded a Telford Premium by the Institution of Civil Engineers for a paper on port improvements in Newcastle, including excavation of the channel and extension of the breakwater.[6] Retirement and deathAllan retired from the public service in March 1926;[7] and died suddenly at his home in Darlinghurst on 7 May 1930. He was survived by his wife and two sons.[3] See also{{stack|{{portal|Biography|Engineering}}}}
References1. ^{{Cite book|title=History of the Colonial Gentry|page=xxii|volume=2|author=Bruke, Ashworth P.|year=1895|publisher=Harrison and Sons|url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera02burkuoft|type=PDF }} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Allan, Percy}}2. ^{{Cite newspaper|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=20 July 1861|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13060700|accessdate=25 October 2010|title=Births, Marriages and Deaths}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|title=MR. PERCY ALLAN|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16704220|accessdate=25 October 2010|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=8 May 1930|page=12}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=The New Pyrmont Bridge|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=30 June 1902|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14457318|accessdate=10 September 2010}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=heritage.show&id=4301677|title=Tom Uglys Bridge over the Georges River (1929)|work=Heritage and conservation register|publisher=Roads and Traffic Authority, New South Wales|date=16 March 2001|accessdate=25 October 2010 }} 6. ^{{cite news|title=SYDNEY ENGINEERS HONOURED.|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15940947|accessdate=25 October 2010|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=4 May 1921|page=10}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Mr. Percy Allan - Colleagues' Farewell|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28062451|accessdate=25 October 2010|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=5 March 1926|page=12}} 5 : 1861 births|1930 deaths|Australian civil engineers|People from Sydney|Percy Allan |
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