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C.Y. O’Connor beach sunset
This is a bronze statue of C.Y. O’Connor riding his horse into the sea south of Fremantle, Western Australia. O’Connor was the state’s Engineer-in-Chief, responsible for the design of Fremantle harbour and, notably, the construction of a fresh water supply pipeline to Kalgoorlie, 530 km to the east. Commenced in 1896, few believed the pipeline could be built and O’Connor was hounded by the press and politicians, until in 1902, he rode his horse into the ocean at this spot and shot himself. The pipeline was completed less than a year later.
C.Y. O’Connor beach sunset
This is a bronze statue of C.Y. O’Connor riding his horse into the sea south of Fremantle, Western Australia. O’Connor was the state’s Engineer-in-Chief, responsible for the design of Fremantle harbour and, notably, the construction of a fresh water supply pipeline to Kalgoorlie, 530 km to the east. Commenced in 1896, few believed the pipeline could be built and O’Connor was hounded by the press and politicians, until in 1902, he rode his horse into the ocean at this spot and shot himself. The pipeline was completed less than a year later.