Stories in 'Wonders never cease'

Achievements in ‘Wonders never cease’ with a Western Australian connection:

Chapter 1: Water & Waste

• A Eureka Moment, Bar None – Lock Bar Pipe (pp. 4-5)
• The Rivers of Life – Clean Water on Tap (Perth) (pp. 6-7)
• Life in a Pipeline – Goldfields Water Supply Western Australia (pp. 8-9)
• Opening up the North West – Ord River Irrigation Scheme (pp. 18-19)

Chapter 3: Road & Rail

• Cross Country Ribbons of Steel – Construction of the Trans Australian Railway (pp. 62-63)

Chapter 4: Structures

• 3 Bridges – 3 Different Stories – Bridging Success and Failure (The Narrows Bridge)(pp. 86-87)

Chapter 5: Sea, Air & Space

• Returning to Port – Great Ports of Australia (Fremantle, Western Australia)(pp. 94-95)
• The race that stopped a Nation – Australia II and the Winged Keel (pp. 108-109)

Chapter 6: Communications

• Marconi inspires the Wireless Way – Perth Wireless Station (pp. 120-121)

Chapter 8: Resources

• The Golden Mining Mile – Mining in Kalgoorlie and Boulder (pp. 162-163)
• Moving Mountains – Pilbara Iron Ore Mining (pp. 168-169)
• A Successful Shelf Life – North West Shelf Project Phases 1 & 2 (pp. 172-173)

Chapter 10: Technology

• The Genius of George Julius – Julius Totalisator (pp. 200-201)
• Putting Technology in a Spin – National Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility (pp. 218-219)

Western Australian Images:

• Kalgoorlie ‘Super Pit’ (p. xvi)
• Wireless Hill transmitting and receiving room (p. xviii)
• Ord Diversion Dam (pp. 220 221)

Reference:

Engineering Heritage Australia, Wonders never cease – 100 Australian engineering achievements, The Institution of Engineers Australia t/as Engineers Australia, Barton ACT, 2019.