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The above assumes the subway is to be
constructed to accommodate pipes etc. If the rock was
found dense and homogeneous without the danger of
infiltration of water in considerable amount, it might
be possible to pass the water from Kowloon by gravity
directly through the tunnel. The subway would thus
be an aqueduct and the water could flow by gravity to
Victoria Hong Kong side, and could be there lifted by
electrically driven pumps to the reservoir to be
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distributed.
I am,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
(Sgo.)
William Fairley.