biography
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Hudson, Sir William
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| male
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| lived:
| (1896–1978)
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| biography:
| Hydro-electric engineer, born in Nelson, New Zealand. After service in World War 1, he worked for five years on hydro-electric schemes in New Zealand, then worked in Australia until 1930. He was in charge of the Galloway hydro-electric scheme in Scotland (1931–7) before returning to Sydney, eventually to head the Metropolitan Water Board. He then became commissioner of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority Scheme (1949–67), a mammoth engineering project which through his leadership was completed ahead of schedule in 1973. |
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