{{Short description|British civil engineer (1928–2016)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox engineer |name=James Gaffney |image = |image_width = |caption = |birth_name = James Anthony Gaffney |birth_date = 1928 |birth_place = |death_date = 2 March 2016 |discipline = Civil |institutions = Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (President 1978-79)<br/> Institution of Civil Engineers (President 1983-84)<br/> Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering |significant_projects = Construction of the M62}}
'''James Anthony''' "'''Tony'''" '''Gaffney''' (1928–2016) was a British civil engineer.
thumb|Construction of the M62 next to the newly built Scammonden Reservoir Gaffney was born in the Rhymney Valley, South Wales in 1928 and holds BSc and DSc degrees.<ref name="masterton">{{Citation|last=Masterton |first=Gordon |title=ICE Presidential Address |year=2005 |url=http://www.ice.org.uk/getattachment/3fff8c52-a13b-498c-a53d-8bd50effb6f6/Gordon-Masterton-Presidential-Address-2005.aspx |access-date=24 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103221539/http://ice.org.uk/getattachment/3fff8c52-a13b-498c-a53d-8bd50effb6f6/Gordon-Masterton-Presidential-Address-2005.aspx |archive-date= 3 January 2011 }}</ref><ref name="civils">{{Harvnb|Watson|1988|p=254}}.</ref>
He was the County Engineer for the West Riding of Yorkshire at the time of the construction of Scammonden Reservoir and M62 in the late 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scammonden Dam |url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1142 |publisher=Engineering Timelines |access-date=30 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307231556/http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1142 |archive-date= 7 March 2012 }}</ref> He was elected president of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation for the 1978-79 session and elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the 1983-84 session. {{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
As part of the 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours Gaffney was, on 16 June, appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, in the civil division.<ref name="gaz">{{London Gazette|issue=49768|supp=y|page=8|date=16 June 1984}}</ref> At one point he was Director of Engineering Services at the West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council.<ref name="gaz"/>
He died on 2 March 2016 at the age of 87.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ice.org.uk/getattachment/1951452a-2c18-4f9f-a4a9-c422f68fe711/attachment.aspx |title=ICE obituary notices |access-date=9 December 2016 |archive-date=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221153806/https://www.ice.org.uk/getattachment/1951452a-2c18-4f9f-a4a9-c422f68fe711/attachment.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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=== Bibliography === *{{citation | last = Watson | first = Garth | title = The Civils | publisher = Thomas Telford Ltd | year = 1988 | isbn = 0-7277-0392-7}}
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