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overflow, which was then at a low level. From July onwards, when construction had reached such a stage as to admit of the storage of water to a considerably greater height, the rainfall was so small that full advantage of the additional capacity of the dam was not obtained. The water attained its maximum height on the 20th October when it stood at 30 feet above the lowest draw-off, or 50 feet above Ordnance Datum, at which level the effective impound is 211 million gallons. The dam was however capable of impounding 367 million gallons at the date mentioned.
The Contract for laying the additional pumping and supply mains and executing certain contingent works, which was entered into in March, 1914, was completed during the year.
The following three Contracts for the foundations of the new Pumping Machinery and for the enlargement of the Pumping Station were completed during the year :-
(a) Foundations for Pumping Machinery, entered into in September, 1914.
(b) Foundations of Boiler House Extension and construction of flues for boilers, entered into in February, 1915.
(c) Extension of Pumping Station Buildings, entered into in July, 1915.
No new Contracts were entered into during the year.
The erection of the two sets of additional pumping machinery was proceeded with under the supervision of Mr. Daniel Dyer, the representative of the makers of the plant (Messrs. James Simpson and Co., Ltd.) and by the end of the year one set had been tested under steam for short runs, amounting in all to 5,000 revolutions, whilst the second set was nearly ready for steam trials.
As mentioned in last year's Report, pumping from the new reservoir was begun on the 22nd October, 1915. Details of the pumping executed in 1916 will be found in paragraph 64 of this Report.
1910 Estimates, $700,000.00
1916 Sup. Vote, 130,000.00
$830,000.00
1916 Expenditure, $812,965.87*
Total Estimates, $2,455,000.00
Expenditure to 31/12/16, $2,072,864.69
114. Altering and installing hydraulic motor in connection with New Filter Beds, West Point.-Owing to the altered conditions under which it will have to work in connection with the new filter beds, it was necessary to make certain alterations in the old hydraulic motor which was formerly installed in the Bonham Road Pumping Station, now abandoned for Water Works purposes. These involved the construction of new pump-ends to suit the altered conditions and to enable the motor to pump to the 750-feet reservoir for supplying
The actual expenditure for 1916 was $817,042.35. A sum of $4,076.48, being the value of certain surplus stores transferred for use on other works, was credited to the vote by deducting it from the amount expended,
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overflow, which was then at a low level. From July onwards, when construction had reached such a stage as to admit of the storage of water to a considerably greater height, the rainfall was so small that full advantage of the additional capacity of the dam was not obtained. The water attained its maximum height on the 20th October when it stood at 30 feet above the lowest draw-off, or 50 feet above Ord- nance Datum, at which level the effective impound is 211 million gallons. The dam was however capable of impounding 367 million gallons at the date mentioned.
The Contract for laying the additional pumping and supply mains and executing certain contingent works, which was entered into in March, 1914, was completed during the year.
The following three Contracts for the foundations of the new Pumping Machinery and for the enlargement of the Pumping Station were completed during the year :-
(a) Foundations for Pumping Machinery, entered into in
September, 1914.
(b) Foundations of Boiler House Extension and construc- tion of flues for boilers, entered into in February, 1915. (e) Extension of Pumping Station Buildings, entered into
in July, 1915.
No new Contracts were entered into during the year.
The erection of the two sets of additional pumping machinery was proceeded with under the supervision of Mr. Daniel Dyer, the representative of the makers of the plant (Messrs. James Simpson and Co., Ltd.) and by the end of the year one set had been tested under steam for short runs, amounting in all to 5,000 revolutions, whilst the second set was nearly ready for steam trials.
As mentioned in last year's Report, pumping from the new reservoir was begun on the 22nd October, 1915. Details of the pumping executed in 1916 will be found in paragraph 64 of this Report.
1910 Estimates, $700,000.00 1916 Sup. Vote, 130,000.00
$830.000.00
1916 Expenditure, 812,965.87*
Total Estimates, $2,455,000.00
Expenditure to
31/12/16,... 2,072,864.6)
114. Altering and installing hydraulic motor in connection with New Filter Beds, West Point.-Owing to the altered conditions under which it will have to work in connection with the new filter beds, it was necessary to make certain alterations in the old hydraulic motor which was formerly installed in the Bonham Road Pumping Station, now abandoned for Water Works purposes. These involved the construction of new pump-ends to suit the altered conditions and to enable the motor to pump to the 750-feet reservoir for supplying
The actual expenditure for 1916 was $8:7,042,35. A sum of $4,076.48, being the value of certain surplus stores transferred for use on other works, was credited to the vote by deducting it from the amonnt expended,
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