# Harding Frew > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Harding_Frew > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Harding_Frew.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harding_Frew > Source revision: 1297581991 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian civil engineer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} thumb|Harding Frew, 1926 '''Alison Eavis Harding Frew''' (1883–1952), known professionally as "Harding Frew", was an [Australian](/source/Australians) [civil engineer](/source/civil_engineer) primarily concerned with engineering projects in [Queensland](/source/Queensland), his home state. ==Early life== Alison Eavis Harding Frew was born in 1883 in [Roma](/source/Roma%2C_Queensland), Queensland, the son of [Robert Dickson Alison Frew](/source/Robert_Dickson_Alison_Frew) (a civil engineer) and his wife Elizabeth Constance (née Harding).Queensland Registrar-General Index of Births 1883/C4785 He was educated at [Brisbane Grammar School](/source/Brisbane_Grammar_School) and [University of Sydney](/source/University_of_Sydney). He married his cousin Beatrice Doris Harding in [St John's Anglican Cathedral](/source/St_John's_Cathedral_(Brisbane)) in Brisbane on Wednesday 13 September 1911.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112041286 |title=WEDDING. |newspaper=[The Queensland Times](/source/The_Queensland_Times) |location=Ipswich, Queensland |date=15 September 1911 |accessdate=5 February 2015 |page=3 Edition: DAILY |publisher=National Library of Australia}}Queensland Registrar-General Index of Marriages 1911/B10682{{cite web|last1=Ancestry user:pjreill|title=Family tree: Reilly's of Australia|url=http://trees.ancestry.com.au/tree/3191525/family?cfpid=25328620244&selnode=1|publisher=[Ancestry.com](/source/Ancestry.com)|accessdate=5 February 2015}} ==Engineering career== Harding Frew began his career in the [Queensland Railways Department](/source/Queensland_Rail) in 1908. In 1911, he established a private practice where he focussed on municipal projects such as: * wharves * bridges * electricity supplies * water and sewerage services He consulted to over 100 local government authorities in Queensland in addition to work in [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) and [Victoria](/source/Victoria%2C_Australia). ==Projects== Harding Frew built over 80 bridges throughout Queensland, including:{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50518428 |title=Harding Frew, noted engineer, dead at 69. |newspaper=[The Courier-Mail](/source/The_Courier-Mail) |location=Brisbane |date=5 July 1952 |accessdate=5 February 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} *[William Jolly Bridge](/source/William_Jolly_Bridge), Brisbane *[Julibee Bridge](/source/Jubilee_Bridge%2C_Innisfail), [Innisfail](/source/Innisfail%2C_Queensland) *[Granville Bridge](/source/Granville_Bridge%2C_Maryborough), [Maryborough](/source/Maryborough%2C_Queensland) *[Caboolture Bridge](/source/Caboolture_Bridge) *[Hornibrook Bridge](/source/Hornibrook_Bridge) *[Redcliffe](/source/Redcliffe%2C_Queensland) Jetty *[Innisfail](/source/Innisfail%2C_Queensland) City Plan Outside of Queensland, he was involved in the construction of: *[Pyrmount Power House](/source/Pyrmount_Power_House), [Sydney](/source/Sydney) *[Armidale](/source/Armidale%2C_New_South_Wales) Electricity System He was responsible for water supply projects in: * [Atherton](/source/Atherton%2C_Queensland) * [Emerald](/source/Emerald%2C_Queensland) * [Mitchell](/source/Mitchell%2C_Queensland) * [Mackay](/source/Mackay%2C_Queensland) ==William Jolly Bridge== This is his most notable project. Erected as a series of bow-string sections it was either the fourth or sixth crossing of the river in Brisbane. Built of concrete sprayed steel, ([gunite](/source/Shotcrete)), a Swiss system, and completed in 1932, it was renamed from the Grey Street Bridge to the [William Jolly](/source/William_Jolly) Bridge, in 1955, after an erstwhile [Lord Mayor of Brisbane](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_Brisbane). ==Later life== Harding Frew died at his home in Adamson Street, [Eagle Junction](/source/Eagle_Junction) on 4 July 1952;Queensland Registrar-General Index of Deaths 1952/B38762 he was 69 years old. ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == {{Commons category|Harding Frew}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20041013192612/http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/heritage/index.cgi?place=602340&back=1 Information on his life] *[http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0004720 The William Jolly Bridge] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080411162131/http://www.cassowarycoastnews.com/id850.html Innisfail City Plan] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frew, Harding}} Category:Australian civil engineers Category:1883 births Category:1952 deaths Category:People from Roma, Queensland Category:People educated at Brisbane Grammar School --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Harding Frew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harding_Frew) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harding_Frew?action=history)). 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