HARDCOVER First Edition. FINE COPY. 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