A fodder store is provided at roof level and two chutes distribute the fodder to the fourth floor. A cafe, com- plete with kitchen and toilet facilities, is also provided at roof level for the use of the cattle dealers.
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Water storage tanks constructed in reinforced concrete and arranged unit with the ventilation plant rooms have been built centrally over the ramp area. Eight 10,000 gallon tanks are provided. Two of these are for salt water pumped from the har- bour, the pumps being located at the end of the cattle unloading pier. These two tanks serve the whole abattoir for toilet flushing and a certain amount of floor washing. The sea water is sterilised by the automatic
addition of sodium hypochlorite, elec- trolytically produced from sea water, and metred into the salt water pumps' suction connections.
The other six tanks are for fresh water, one serving the pumps which provide high pressure fresh water for floor washing throughout the lairage. High pressure fresh water for the rest of the abattoir is supplied from the slaughterhouse tanks and pumps.
Apart from range cattle pens, the fourth floor mainly accommodates cat- tle awaiting slaughter which takes place on the bridge connecting the lairage with the slaughterhouse block at this level.
The third floor of the lairage ac- commodates all the sheep and goats
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and those pigs awaiting slaughter. The second floor forms the dealers whole- saling lairage where the pigs are sold to the butchers. The first floor is used as a holding lairage for the dealers pigs awaiting selling. Cattle and pig recep- tion lairage forms the main part of the ground floor and ventilated office ac- commodation is provided for the quarantine staff and the overseers.
Personnel entrance to the lairage is an independent five-storey building connected to the lairage by bridges at each floor. This unit contains toilet and shower facilities for the lairage staff and at two levels office accommoda- tion for the dealers.
The connecting bridges accommo- date the cattle and pig stunning pens on two floors and connect the lairage and slaughterhouse at the other levels to allow trucks and trolleys to move freely between the blocks as required. Two lifts serving all floors of the lair- age and slaughterhouse are also pro- vided in this area.
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The lairage accommodates 850 cat- tle which is equivalent to five days kill, 9,000 pigs - 6 days kill and
621⁄2 530 sheep and goats 13 days kill. This large lairage capacity is intended to act as a buffer against erratic sup- plies during typhoon conditions.
Slaughterhouse
The slaughterhouse is a five-storey block although only three floors are complete, the other two being mez- zanines. The framework of the block is of structural steelwork in order to limit the depth of beams and because of the number of holes required for services and hoists. This type of structure is more easily altered when changing the equipment and tracking layout to suit a more mechan- ised layout for increased production.
The floors are of reinforced con- crete and most of the structural frame- work is encased to give fire protection. At roof level, however, much of the steelwork is not encased and subsidiary steelwork is provided to support the overhead dressing equipment, causing the minimum of obstruction at floor level. The upper floors are waterproof- ed by an asphalt membrane.
Various floor finishes are employed to suit the local conditions. In areas where the duty is not onerous,
the floors are of granolithic but in the main slaughtering and dressing areas the floors are finished with fully vitri- fied tiles. The tiles are laid chequer board fashion with alternate tiles im- pregnated with carborundum to give a non-slip floor. The tiles are bedded and
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