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works were outisfactorily completed in June
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The Embankment is 10 feet high -
1 fifty thousand
contains about One hundred and
cubic yards (150,000); the greatest care was bes towed on il construction... and the fact of it being quite water light proves that it was well execubed. "a leoreover the greated amount of sunkage
- in the total height of Seventy feet (70 ft) after a seasorr of excessive wet weather was
• found to be only or about sight wiches.
68 of a foot...
The Hove for the Culverts was supplied and dressed by Contract. but nearly all the rest of the work was executed by day labour. The puddle wall was kept constantly flooded_ after being thoroughly tempered, and the Embankment,
Capers of two feet only the material berry brought to the spot in baskets carried by Chinese Coolies, who
consequently
was raised in
passed conturually over the work as it advanced.
In
addition to this the makrial for the inner side of the bank was carefully selected - and
well rammed in site. _ the Rock under the
Buddle Wall was
completely bared - and upon it
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was laid a bed of considerable thickness of
the best curent Concret.
The valve well is of cast iron, and placed.
as Muar as
possible to the puddle wall on the univer side of the Embankment --
The Bye wash is 70 feet wide in the nanavest part and is cut out of the solid rock.
Al depth of water through this Bip wash, of six set-
originally allowed for butasafter = excessivity heavy flood. The greakst depth of
found to be about 2 feet only. A dan.
An
water- was
1001
of 3 ft in height of gravik Masonry was Con - -structed - at the winner end of the Bye wach whereing,
an additional
quantity of Seven millions of gallons (7,000,000) was impounded - thus rousing the total to Seventy four millions of gallons (74,000,000).-
During the dry season _ there is but one sheam flowing.
into the Kecervoir, _ and this
when graged towards the end of a dry season - after two consecutive years of sinalť falls of ram (the one being 65 inches _ and the other only 56 wiches) was found to yuld 100,000 Gallons (One hundred thousand) per
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