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Replacements were ordered from the makers under Indents Nos. B.4/9/5 and 88/46, but only part had arrived by the end of the year.
201. Replacement of Pumping Units:- The six "Allen" centrifugal electrically driven pumps installed at Garden Road and Albany Pumping Stations in 1939 (see paras. 134 and 140 of the 1939 Report) were removed during the occupation. One of the Albany pumps was found at the Japanese Radar Station on Tai Mo Shan. This pump was recovered and reinstalled at Albany Pumping Station. The other pumps were not discovered and replacements were ordered from the makers under Indent No. B.4/8 in March 1946. These pumps had not arrived by the end of the year.
202. As a temporary measure one electrically driven pump was obtained locally and put into use in May, and four temporary mobile pumps, two petrol driven and two diesel driven, were obtained through the War Office and installed in August. Though of insufficient capacity these pumps have assisted greatly in maintaining the supply to the mid-levels.
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203. Replacement of Distribution Mains and Hydrants:- 30,644 feet of looted or damaged pre-war distribution mains were replaced. 136 pedestal-type and forty-seven ground-type hydrants were made serviceable during the year, bringing the total of hydrants in working order to 215 pedestal-type and 634 ground-type at the end of the year.
204. Details of mains laid are as follows:-
Size of Main (Diameter) Length in feet. LOCALITY: Total: 8" Peak District.. 66 Other Districts. 170 25 6" 3,244 3,319 5" 8,011 13,063 4" 5,052 14,001 3/4 11,195 22,450 2,806 8,194 Totals: 30,644Mainland.
205.
4,133 feet of looted or damaged pre-war distribution mains were replaced. Forty-seven pedestal and eighty-eight ground-type hydrants were made serviceable during the year, bringing the total number of hydrants in working order to 141 pedestal-type and 321 ground-type at the end of the year. 233 mains valves were repaired.