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Works carried out and chargeable to Loan Funds.
The cable way from Aberdeen Blockyard was erected and commenced to function in August. Considerable trouble was experienced with the wooden tower which suspends the concrete chuting apparatus. This was only ready for service by the end of the year. Nearly all blocks for the work were made on the Blockyard during the year. All portions of the dam below the level of 285.00 were completed by December.
The Access Road was finished.
The Catchwater was finished except for the R.C. bridge and intake at the West end.
Item No. 3. East Catchwater.-A survey was made for the 1st Section, drawings &c. prepared and a contract for $112,137.35 was let to Messrs. Foo Loong in October.
By the end of the year good progress was made with the excavation. A survey for the 2nd Section was commenced but not completed during the year.
Item No. 4. West Catchwater.-A survey for the 1st Section was completed during the year.
Item No. 5. Bennetts Hill Catchwater.-No work done.
Item No. 6. Existing Dam Alterations.-A survey of Existing Dam and vicinity was completed during the year.
Item No 7. Pipe Line.-A contract for cutting trenches, stringing pipes and driving a short length of tunnel at Sandy Bay Gap, was let to Messrs. The Lai To Construction Co. on 13th March, 1930 for a sum of $39,083.50.
Section No. 1:—18″ steel main from Aberdeen Upper Dam to Island Road.-The pipe laying was commenced in March, and except for a short length of main at the Dam, was completed in July, 4216 lineal feet of main being laid partly contouring the hillside and crossing the stream courses on piers, and partly following the Aberdeen to Wanchai Gap Road.
Section No. 2:--18″ main from Aberdeen to Sand Bay Gap.-Pipe laying was commenced on this section in three portions, the line following generally, Island and Victoria Roads with the exception of a short section at the cemetery near the junction of Island and Victoria Roads, and a section at Telegraph Bay where the main leaves the road and crosses the Bay in a deep syphon. From Sassoon Road the main follows the alignment of the proposed widening of Victoria Road to Sandy Bay where it leaves the road and follows the hillside direct to the open cut and tunnel conduit at Sandy Bay Gap.