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James Anthony "Tony" Gaffney (1928–2016) was a British civil engineer.

Gaffney was born in the Rhymney Valley, South Wales in 1928 and holds BSc and DSc degrees.

He was the County Engineer for the West Riding of Yorkshire at the time of the construction of Scammonden Reservoir and M62 in the late 1960s. He was elected president of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation for the 1978-79 session and elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the 1983-84 session.

As part of the 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours Gaffney was, on 16 June, appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, in the civil division. At one point he was Director of Engineering Services at the West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council.

He died on 2 March 2016 at the age of 87.

References

1. Masterton, Gordon (2005), ICE Presidential Address, archived from the original on 3 January 2011, retrieved 24 October 2010
2. Watson 1988, p. 254.
3. "Scammonden Dam". Engineering Timelines. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
4. ^ "No. 49768". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1984. p. 8.
5. "ICE obituary notices". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

Bibliography

• Watson, Garth (1988), The Civils, Thomas Telford Ltd, ISBN 0-7277-0392-7

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