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25 feet span, and the side portions are flat, in spans varying from 13 to 17 feet, the whole being constructed in cement concrete and iron. All flat roofs are covered with 8-ply ruberoid patent roofing protected with a layer of granolithic, 1" thick. The walls of the market are lined with unglazed tiles for a height of 6 feet on the ground floor and 5 feet on the upper floor. The height of the ground floor is 19′ 6′′ and of the upper floor 18′ 0′′ to the underside of the flat roofs.
There are three entrances to the market, namely, from Bonham Strand, Morrison Street and Queen's Road and, at each of these, granite staircases communicating with the upper floor are provided. Large openings are formed in the side walls for the admission of light and air, those on the ground floor being fitted with collapsible iron gates and those on the upper floor with fixed iron grilles. The main entrances are also fitted with collapsible iron gates. The lighting of the upper floor is augmented by the provision of circular dormer windows in the barrel-shaped portion of the roof whilst glass louvres are provided in the gables.
The main market hall on each floor contains an area of 15,244 square feet. Staircases and landings absorb an area of 1,632 square feet on the ground floor and of 804 square feet on the upper floor, whilst certain recesses and a small wing adjoining Morrison Street, communicating with the main market halls, contain an area of 1,271 square feet on the ground floor and 2,168 square feet on the upper floor.
The ground floor contains 74 stalls, exclusively devoted to the sale of fish and the upper floor 84 stalls and 20 shops exclusively devoted to the sale of vegetables. Two portions of the ground floor (combined area 3,987 square feet) are railed off and are occupied by large tanks for live fish, the apparatus for keeping the water in the tanks aerated being provided by the lessees themselves. The passages between the stalls have a width of 10 feet and those at the sides a width of not less than 12 feet.
Three small stores are provided under the entrance from Queen's Road, which is at a higher level than the ground floor of the market.
The 3-storied subsidiary building already mentioned is constructed similarly to the market building, except that the staircase is of concrete, the edges of the steps being protected with iron plates. The building affords the following accommodation :--
Ground floor-trough closet (15 seats); combined urinal and lavatory (27 urinal stalls and 5 lavatory basins); kitchen and bathroom.