The great endeavor and success of the monumental engineering project to pump water from the Swan River near Perth into the middle of Western Australia's outback wilderness, over 160 kms away lay in the hands of an Irishman, Patrick O'Connor. Unfortunately he did not see his project finished as he took his own life due to negative press exposure and ridicule over the gargantuan undertaking. But to this day, the inhabitants of Western Australia's landlocked towns remain ever grateful for his boldness in laying hundreds of miles of pipeline across Australia's driest reaches in order that they be supplied with fresh drinking water. It ensured the rapid growth of the town and made it sustainable for the future.
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