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Henry Coathupe Mais

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41: 93:. Later he worked as assistant engineer for City Commissioners' Department on the water and sewerage works. In January 1857 a select committee accused him of inexcusable errors and 'gross misconduct'. 237: 100:
and worked for the railway contractors Cornish & Bruce on the Sandhurst-Melbourne line. For three years Mais was engineer and general manager of the
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in 1885. Mais resigned as engineer-in-chief in March 1888 after being accused of accepting private work and using government draftsmen on
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On 27 March 1867 Mais was appointed engineer-in-chief to the South Australian Government on a salary of £750. Mais was president of the
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Coathupe (1803–1868). Mais junior was educated at Bishop's College, Bristol, and was articled for seven years to W. M. Peniston, one of
272: 180: 126:, was chairman of the Victorian Advisory Committee of the Institution of Civil Engineers for sixteen years. He was a member of the 112: 185: 127: 333: 34: 116: 105: 300: 241: 73:, Mais made steam engines and superintended the building of locomotives at Swindon, in 1850 he worked on the 131: 66: 40: 37:, and chairman of the Victorian Advisory Committee of the Institution of Civil Engineers for sixteen years. 90: 33:(14 May 1827 – 25 February 1916) was a British-born Australian engineer. He was engineer-in-chief to the 267: 139: 328: 323: 277: 97: 207: 199: 189: 108:
awarded him £25 in December 1863 for his conduct of the Melbourne railway during the floods.
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in December 1850. However, he found unsettled conditions and became acting engineer for the
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on 25 February 1916 and was survived by three sons and two daughters. He was buried in
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Mais migrated to Australia, intending to start an engineering business arriving in
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H. C. Mais
Government of South Australia

Westbury on Trym
Bristol
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Birmingham
Port of Hull
Sydney
Sydney Railway Company
Victoria
Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company
Colonial Bank of Australasia
Royal Society of South Australia
Silverton Tramway Company
Melbourne
Institution of Civil Engineers
Society of Engineers UK
American Society of Civil Engineers
South Yarra, Victoria
Kew Cemetery






"Henry Coathupe Mais"
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