Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/George_Chaffey> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 66 of
66
with 100 items per page.
- George_Chaffey abstract "George Chaffey (28 January 1848 – 1 March 1932) was a Canadian–born engineer who with his brother William developed large parts of Southern California, including what became the community of Etiwanda and cities of Ontario, and Upland. They undertook similar developments in Australia which became the city of Mildura, and the town of Renmark and Paringa.Chaffey was born in Brockville, Ontario and attended Kingston Grammar School on Lake Ontario. Chaffey's family was of Scottish heritage. Although not interested in schoolroom instruction, he read engineering books from the local library. Chaffey left school at 13 years of age, was fascinated by the shipbuilding yard of his father and became an apprentice marine engineer in May 1862.By 1880 he was well established as a designer of ships for Great Lakes traffic. While visiting his father in California that year, however, he became interested in the Riverside irrigation colony. By 1886 he and his brother William had established the irrigation colonies of Etiwanda, Ontario, and Upland, which were extremely successful, thanks in large part to innovative features such as hydroelectric systems using mountain water, mutual water companies which eliminated disputes over water, and a college endowed by the Chaffeys. His innovative electrical system at Etiwanda led Los Angeles to hire him to install its first street lights. He eventually became president and engineer of the Los Angeles Electric Company.In 1886, at the invitation of the South Australian and Victorian colonial governments, the Chaffeys undertook several irrigation projects in Australia, establishing colonies at Renmark and then Mildura. These were financial failures, however, and George Chaffey returned to California. William remained in Mildura, which eventually became successful. Later, George joined the California Development Company as chief engineer and undertook a project to irrigate the Colorado Desert. The Colorado Desert was renamed by the Canadian party and is now known as the Imperial Valley. Chaffey along with the other pioneers believed this name would bring more people to this southwestern part of California.In 1905, Chaffey purchased the ranch of John Shepherd at Manzanar, California, located in California's Owens Valley. Chaffey subdivided the ranch, along with other adjacent ranches, and founded the town of Manzanar in 1910. Chaffey's Owens Valley Improvement Company built an irrigation system and planted thousands of fruit trees, and by 1920, the town had more than twenty-five homes, a two-room school, a town hall, and a general store. Also at that time, nearly 5,000 acres (2,023 ha) of apple, pear, and peach trees were being grown, along with grapes, prunes, potatoes, corn, alfalfa and large vegetable and flower gardens.In 1912, Chaffey moved to Whittier, California. joining his son John, where he lived for a number of years while tending to his invalid wife Ann. Chaffey later retired to San Diego, California. He died in Ontario, California on 1 March 1932 and was buried at Bellevue Memorial Park in Ontario.".
- George_Chaffey birthDate "1848-01-28".
- George_Chaffey birthYear "1848".
- George_Chaffey deathDate "1932-03-01".
- George_Chaffey deathYear "1932".
- George_Chaffey thumbnail GeorgeChaffey.jpg?width=300.
- George_Chaffey viafId "36096508".
- George_Chaffey wikiPageExternalLink 201-205.htm.
- George_Chaffey wikiPageExternalLink 1998_07_20_our_legacy_george_chaffey.html.
- George_Chaffey wikiPageExternalLink www.ontarioheritage.org.
- George_Chaffey wikiPageID "1691371".
- George_Chaffey wikiPageRevisionID "591765896".
- George_Chaffey dateOfBirth "1848-01-28".
- George_Chaffey dateOfDeath "1932-03-01".
- George_Chaffey hasPhotoCollection George_Chaffey.
- George_Chaffey name "Chaffey, George".
- George_Chaffey subject Category:1848_births.
- George_Chaffey subject Category:1932_deaths.
- George_Chaffey subject Category:Canadian_emigrants_to_the_United_States.
- George_Chaffey subject Category:Canadian_engineers.
- George_Chaffey subject Category:Canadian_people_of_Scottish_descent.
- George_Chaffey subject Category:Mildura.
- George_Chaffey subject Category:Ontario,_California.
- George_Chaffey subject Category:People_from_Brockville.
- George_Chaffey subject Category:Settlers_of_South_Australia.
- George_Chaffey type CanadianEmigrantsToTheUnitedStates.
- George_Chaffey type CanadianEngineers.
- George_Chaffey type CanadianPeopleOfScottishDescent.
- George_Chaffey type CausalAgent100007347.
- George_Chaffey type Emigrant110051975.
- George_Chaffey type Engineer109615807.
- George_Chaffey type LivingThing100004258.
- George_Chaffey type Migrant110314952.
- George_Chaffey type Object100002684.
- George_Chaffey type Organism100004475.
- George_Chaffey type PeopleFromBrockville.
- George_Chaffey type Person100007846.
- George_Chaffey type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- George_Chaffey type Settler110583387.
- George_Chaffey type SettlersOfSouthAustralia.
- George_Chaffey type Traveler109629752.
- George_Chaffey type Whole100003553.
- George_Chaffey type YagoLegalActor.
- George_Chaffey type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- George_Chaffey type Agent.
- George_Chaffey type Person.
- George_Chaffey type Person.
- George_Chaffey type Q215627.
- George_Chaffey type Q5.
- George_Chaffey type Agent.
- George_Chaffey type NaturalPerson.
- George_Chaffey type Thing.
- George_Chaffey type Person.
- George_Chaffey comment "George Chaffey (28 January 1848 – 1 March 1932) was a Canadian–born engineer who with his brother William developed large parts of Southern California, including what became the community of Etiwanda and cities of Ontario, and Upland. They undertook similar developments in Australia which became the city of Mildura, and the town of Renmark and Paringa.Chaffey was born in Brockville, Ontario and attended Kingston Grammar School on Lake Ontario. Chaffey's family was of Scottish heritage.".
- George_Chaffey label "George Chaffey".
- George_Chaffey sameAs m.05nrg6.
- George_Chaffey sameAs Q5537780.
- George_Chaffey sameAs Q5537780.
- George_Chaffey sameAs George_Chaffey.
- George_Chaffey wasDerivedFrom George_Chaffey?oldid=591765896.
- George_Chaffey depiction GeorgeChaffey.jpg.
- George_Chaffey givenName "George".
- George_Chaffey isPrimaryTopicOf George_Chaffey.
- George_Chaffey name "Chaffey, George".
- George_Chaffey name "George Chaffey".
- George_Chaffey surname "Chaffey".