George Chaffey 1848-1932

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2005

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Plaque Location

The County of Leeds and Grenville
The City of Brockville
Near the water's edge
in a park at Water Street and Park Street

Coordinates: N 44 35.468 W 75 40.721

Plaque Text

Born at Brockville, Canada West, Chaffey became a shipbuilder on the Great Lakes and the inventor of a new type of propeller. Subsequently he went to California where, in partnership with his brother, he built a model irrigation project and founded the city of Ontario. At the request of Alfred Deakin, later Prime Minister of Australia, Chaffey went to that continent in 1866 where he began irrigated fruit production in the Murray Valley. By proving that irrigation was practical, Chaffey was largely responsible for the successful development of the fruit industry in Australia.

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