Buchanan, Dorothy (1899–1985)
Buchanan, Dorothy (1899–1985)
Scottish civil engineer. Name variations: Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan; Dot Buchanan; Mrs. Dorothy Fleming. Born Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan, Oct 8, 1899, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland; died 1985; married a man named Fleming, 1930.
Inspired from a young age to train as civil engineer, graduated from Edinburgh University (1922); hired by Dorman Long consultant, Ralph Freeman, to work in design office and later in drawing office for Sydney Harbour Bridge; worked on gravity dam (Belfast's waterworks) for S. Pearson and Sons in Northern Ireland's Mourne Mountains; returned to design office of Dorman Long in England and worked on Newcastle's George V Bridge and London's Lambeth Bridge; passed admission exam for Institution of Civil Engineers (1927). Became 1st woman corporate member of Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE, 1927).