10 ft. above High Water Spring Tides. These mounds were then faced to the correct levels and slopes with granite blocks from one to three tons in weight.
225. The project required over 212,000 cu. yds. of dredging, 247,000 cu. yds. of sand filling to the dredged trenches, 2,000,000 cu. yds. of reclamation fill material and 225,707 cu. yds. of quarried stone.
226. The Central Reclamation Scheme, which is the other major reclamation work being carried out by this office, progressed rapidly to the completion of the first stage. This consists of the reclamation of the whole area except for a channel providing access from the sea to the old Queen's Pier in Connaught Road. Through this channel run the twin 21" steel cross-harbour pipelines mentioned in para. 221 and, until these are diverted through that portion of the filling already completed, the gap in the new seawall and the channel cannot be filled in. The area already reclaimed is approximately 6 acres of the total 9 acres.
227. The Victoria Recreation Club and Murray Pier, two old landmarks in this vicinity, were demolished to make way for the reclamation. It has been possible to provide the Rowing Section of the Victoria Recreation Club with a new site at Deep Water Bay, and Murray Pier has been replaced by a new Queen's Pier constructed on the seaward face of the reclamation near to the Naval Dockyard.
228. The new Queen's pier is 200 ft. long by 80 ft. wide, and provides five sets of landing steps each capable of taking large launches. It is of reinforced concrete construction and built on piles, some of which were driven in 1951 to enable the stone forming the foundation of the adjacent sea walls to be tipped around them. The sub-structure up to deck level was completed in late 1953 and the pier opened to traffic. Under the pier, and on the adjacent seabed, arrangements were made to receive the diversion of the cross harbour water pipelines.
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