CO129-181 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [1-8] — Page 108

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The min

the

caping

height proposed, for

Doural)

as has als

apeady been stated, is 1 foot 9 inches Above the High Walen mark quest mentioned but it should be bornes in minds in palliation of a height unfortunately limited, that the

00

To Water

reduceds level of High

the 5.

5

mens or w

during

gives the top of

the wall the benefit of

a

total

elevation of 2 feet 9 inches above it

during that

the

year.

particular seasons of

to which typhoons

limited it. the season of the u

5. W. monsoon.

a

During

the

деме

-

valence of the North East windo

swells and pough

Stas

AMC

plant in the harbour but storms.

are unknown and it is therefore of

Jess

moment that the top of the wall

less

should only

be 1

fort 9 inches above

sea level.

Provisional works since the

typhoon of 1874.

In the Castern and western Praga some short breaches in the masonry

forming feet

A za

aggregates length of 200 permanently rebuilt with

hydraulic,

the same stones set

kime mortar and a

.

in

lime concreto

backing added of the dimensions

shown

the Plans.

With the

ception of this work nothing of

ре

:ermanent nature has been done

as the pointing

masonry

ands pelaying of the

as described in

pages 86

which

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