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166. A contract was also let with Messrs. Pang Chick and Tam amounting to $36,230.50 for trenching and other works in connexion with these mains. Work on the deep cuttings between La Salle Road and the reservoir was practically completed by the end of the year.
(g) Distribution - Island.
167. The following work was carried out :-
DISTRIBUTION MAINS.
Size ofSERVICE RESERVOIRS.
168. (1) No. 6 slow sand bed at Elliot filters was cleaned out, the walls treated with "Gunite", and after the necessary alterations to the piping, was put into use as a service reservoir for Kennedy Town. This became necessary after the old Kennedy Town tank was abandoned in 1938 on account of very serious cracking.
169. (2) A 16,000 gallons steel tank was erected on R.B.L. 7, The Peak, adjoining the old iron tank, but at a higher elevation to improve pressure in the Plantation Road area. The old iron tank was removed.
Q 82
166. A contract was also let with Messrs. Pang Chick and Tam amounting to $36,230.50 for trenching and other works in connexion with these mains. Work on the deep cuttings between La Salle Road and the reservoir was practically completed by the end of the year.
(g) Distribution - Island.
167. The following work was carried out :-
DISTRIBUTION MAINS.
Size of
Length laid in
Main.
Locality.
Remarks.
feet.
8"
626
From new Peak Road Tank to Conduit Road ... New main.
6"
740
Murray Road and Connaught Road Central
Enlargement.
6"
495
Pennington Street off Caroline Road
6"
467
Marble Road at I.L. 3,540
.6"
49
Des Voeux Road west of Sutherland Street ....
5"
1,022
Tai Hang Road near Blue Pool Road
Enlargement.
New main.
Enlargement.
Realignment.
4′′
322
From Jubilee Road to new steel tank near
Kennedy Town Isolation Hospital
New main.
4"
208
Tung Loi Lane west of Des Voeux Road
New main.
4"
192
Tin Hau Temple Road at I.L. 5,907
New main.
4"
112
St. Francis Street
•
New main.
3"
678
3"
54
From Plantation Road to new steel tank on
R.B.L. 7 The Peak (Feed main)
At Kennedy Town steel tank near Isolation
Hospital
Enlargement.
New main.
Enlargement.
3"
1,030
From Upper Peak tank to Mountain Lodge
2"
2.490
Bowen Road from Filters eastwards
New main.
2"
831
From new steel tank on R.B.L. 7 to Plantation
Road (Distribution main)
New main.
2"
120
At Peak tank for Mountain Lodge supply
New main.
SERVICE RESERVOIRS.
168. (1) No. 6 slow sand bed at Elliot filters was cleaned out, the walls treated with "Gunite", and after the necessary alterations to the piping, was put into use as a service reservoir for Kennedy Town. This became necessary after the old Kennedy Town tank was abandoned in 1938 on account of very serious cracking.
169. (2) A 16,000 gallons steel tank was erected on R.B.L. 7, The Peak, adjoining the old iron tank, but at a higher elevation to improve pressure in the Plantation Road area. The old iron tank was removed.
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