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The face of the embankment is pitched with rubble masonry, set in cement mortar. A portion of the road which extends over the rocky foreshore has been formed by blasting the rocks and forming a rubble mound which is surfaced with lime and cement concrete, 4″ thick. The main portion of the pier is constructed of rubble similarly surfaced, terminating in a pierhead of hardwood provided with landing steps.
A balance of $716.58 remained to be paid in 1915.
1914 Estimates, $8,000.00 | Total Estimates, $10,000.00
1914 Sup. Vote, 2,600.00 | $10,600.00
1914 Expenditure, 10,523.50
Expenditure to 31/12/14, 10,523.59
(c.) Tai Po to Fanling, including bridging river.-This length of road links up the road from Kowloon Point to Tai Po, constructed in 1889-1902, with the road which has recently (1908-1913) been constructed from Fanling to Castle Peak Bay.
Contracts for the construction of the culverts and of the smaller bridges were let to the local Village Elders in January and for the earthworks in March. A separate contract for the principal bridge, 182 feet in length, spanning the river at Tai Wo Shi was let to Mr. Lam Woo in May. By the close of the year, nearly the whole of the earthworks had been completed and the whole of the culverts and bridges, with the exception of the principal bridge at Tai Wo Shi and one single-span bridge (25-ft.), had been completed.
After crossing the bridge at Tai Wo Shi, the road runs on a high embankment across the low-lying agricultural land to the north-west. This embankment was originally constructed for the Kowloon-Canton Railway but was abandoned as the result of an extensive re-alignment carried out in this neighbourhood during the progress of the work. It has now been utilized for the road, for which it was well adapted. Near Tai Po Tau, the railway and road cross each other, the former passing over the latter on a skew bridge, 14' 6" wide between the abutments. The road then follows the railway embankment for some distance, being closely confined for part of the way between the railway on the one side and the Lam Tsun Valley River on the other. It continues to follow the River after the Railway has curved northwards and between this point and Wai Tau Village it is largely cut out of solid rock. Between Wai Tau and Tai Hang Villages, the road is carried on a low embankment which was also constructed for the Railway before the re-alignment already alluded to was carried out. From Tai Hang to Fanling Station, it traverses a long valley, being carried generally on low embankments, but for some part of the way, where it skirts the base of the hills, it is in side-cutting. About 1¼ miles from Fanling Station, the road crosses the railway by a level crossing. The following is a statement of the bridges and culverts constructed in connection with the road:--
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face of the embankment is pitched with rubble masomy, set in cement mortar. A portion of the road which extends over the rocky foreshore has been formed by blasting the rocks and forming a rubble mound which is surfaced with lime and cement concrete, 4′′ thick. The main portion of the pier is constructed of rubble similarly surfaced, terminating in a pierhead of hardwood provided with landing steps.
A balance of $716.58 remained to be paid in 1915.
1914 Estimates,
1914 Sup. Vote,
...$ 8,000.00 | Total Estimates, ...$10,000.00
2,600,00
$10,600.00
1914 Expenditure,... 10,523.50
Expenditure to
31/12/14,
10,523.59
(c.) Tai Po to Fanling, including bridging_river.-This length of road links up the road from Kowloon Point to Tai Po, constructed in 1889-1902, with the road which has recently, (1908-1913), been constructed from Fanling to Castle Peak Bay.
Contracts for the construction of the culverts and of the smaller bridges were let to the local Village Elders in January and for the earthworks in March. A separate contract for the principal bridge, 182 feet in length, spanning the river at Tai Wo Shi was let to Mr. Lam Woo in May. By the close of the year, nearly the whole of the earthworks had been completed and the whole of the culverts and bridges, with the exception of the principal bridge at Tai Wo Shi and one single-span bridge (25-ft.), had been completed.
After crossing the bridge at Tai Wo Shi, the road runs on a high embankment across the low-lying agricultural land to the north-west. This embankment was originally constructed for the Kowloon-Canton Railway but was abandoned as the result of an extensive re-alignment carried out in this neighbourhood during the progress of the work. It has now been utilized for the road, for which it was well adapted. Near Tai Po Tau, the railway and road cross each other, the former passing over the latter on a skew bridge, 14' 6" wide between the abutments. The road then follows the railway embankment for some distance, being closely confined for part of the way between the railway on the one side and the Lam Tsun Valley River on the other. It continues to follow the River after the Railway has curved northwards and between this point and Wai Tau Village it is largely cut out of solid rock. Between Wai Tau and Tai Hang Villages, the road is carried on a low embankment which was also constructed for the Railway before the re-alignment already alluded to was carried out. From Tai Hang to Fanling Station, it traverses a long valley, being carried generally on low embankments, but for some part of the way, where it skirts the base of the hills, it is in side-cutting. About 14 miles from Fanling Station, the road crosses the railway by a level crossing. The following is a statement of the bridges and culverts constructed in connection with the road :--
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